dennis@home wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:34:52 -0800 (PST), GMM wrote:

I thought of putting a circular saw on its side and running it
along but that
doesn't look very feasible.
Any suggestions chaps?

Well I would cut several strips of ply the depth of the joist and
screw + glue them on either side so the tops are at the finished
height. Then I would get a hand saw and lie it across the ply and saw the
top
off. Stager the joints in the ply and use it as the reinforcement.

Dennis,

It's rare for me to openly contradict another poster here, but with all due
respects, I think you really are talking through your hat!

In this case, they reinforcing material should be bolted to the joist and
should, at the very least be of equal thickness to the original (and *NOT*
"several strips of ply") doh!

And as for advising the reducing any load bearing piece of timber without
being told the size of it, its unsupported span and live and dead load
carrying well...

Cash