Hello,

I am working on an addition here and had a framing question. The basic idea is below; the question I have is on the image below that. I am trying to frame my floor joists around the 32″ crawl space entry hole. I have dry fitted it as seen in the picture; however I am hoping that that is enough “beef”. Specifically, is that scheme shown in the photo going to upset the building inspector? I have a triple 2×8 header over the crawl space entry. I have a 7″ cantilever (acceptable, I believe, since I am using 2×8 floor joists). What I am concerned about is the 45″ span between the doubled floor joists over the entry hole: are doubled 2×8’s enough on either side, and are tripled 2×8’s enough to run between them?

I have a permit, but no engineer was required. My thinking was to make it as strong as possible, to avoid any problems when the inspector comes around.

Is this adequate? (doubled 2×8 joists, triple header over hole and tripled 2×8’s in the part that hangs over in the air, between the cantilevered joists.)

THanks very much!