If you call fit the height, you want 24" deep floor trusses at 2' OC for the best Sam floor system you can get for the money.

If you can't go that deep or don't want to spend work as much 18" deep at 19.2" OC will give fantastic results. If you have plans, I'd be glad to take a look at the Susan's and give you a good suggestion.

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Hmm, I’ve been considering going with a steel and brick arch floor system like they do in Europe. I hate squeaking

Squeaking come from nail missed through plywood to joist. Nail rubs the member. It can also happen with a good nail with floors with bad deflection. A floor truss can be engineered to have low deflection and you can glue the flooring along the joist and nail it. It won't squeak. You don't even really need the glue with low enough deflection.

Especially overkill if we're not dealing with any spans over 12 feet.

It will be over a garage. My span is 22ft

Oh dude 18" at 19.2' OC is probably good but I'll check the deflection on it and lyk in the morning.