Nice Pegs. It looks like there is a 2X8 framework for the second floor's floor on top of T&G and timber framework. What is the reason for the additional 2X8 framing? Is it sound deadening, or room for pipes, or room for radiant floor heating, or all of the above? Is this standard for a second floor of a timberframe? I understand that they probably need something to nail to for hardwood flooring. Is this framework usually 2X8 or is it shorter sometimes to give more headroom?

Last edited by brad_bb; 09/13/07 06:35 PM.