Floor Trusses Vs Floor Joists Cost

I m thinking it would take a little more math on the builder customer part to compare against labor.

Floor trusses vs floor joists cost. For a floor span of over 24 trusses are certainly the way to go. All wood finger joined joists are installation friendly for framers and mechanicals. Though i joist sales per housing start have increased about 6 over the last two years the trend has slowed considerably. Alex this is actually not true of trusses.

By only covering the trimmable end of the triforce open joist your floor system will be fire compliant as per exception 4 to section r302 13 of the 2015 2018 irc. Cost effective light and safe. Floor trusses are going to run around 4 40 per lineal foot spaced 2 on center this makes the cost per square foot for the joists at 2 20. They support the weight of the building and absorb impact providing stability and security to the overall floor system.

To which rick responded. Depending on the local building codes and the contractor s. Floor joists are a part of the structural support of a floor. January 12 2016 at 8 38 am.

The biggest advantage in my opinion in using i joists is simple. Some of the small gain is due to the continuation of the replacement of solid sawn joists. Floor joists are typically cut on site and are placed at regular intervals. Floor trusses can span farther between bearing points than i joists allowing for larger open rooms.

Ewp is resourceful for many reasons some of which you may already be aware of some of which you may not be. The one thing con you forgot to consider with floor truss vs traditional joists is that they are much weaker in a fire situation and will collapse long before a traditional floor joist will. However most of the increase results from the national builders market share growth. I just did some checking to confirm.

Vibration control with minimal effort and cost. This also reduces the need and cost for extra bearing posts beams and footings.