We have not long bought an Edwardian end of terrace house. This week we’ve taken up all the floorboards in the attic floor ready to have the wiring and plumbing diverted and then relay a chipboard floor to make it level.
Anyway, the first 3 joists from the front of the house are not joists. They are 2 half size pieces nailed together to be joist size (standard width but half height, so 2 on top of each other). These are clearly the same age as all the other joists and appear fine? Is this something to worry about or just do as DH thinks and use long screws to ensure they’re firmly connected?
Clearly it’s stood for 120 years pretty much, seems like the original builders ran out of proper joists?!