In this episode, we build the rest of our first floor by notching and installing 20 more floor joists into the girders. The middle 10 floor joists are installed similarly to the first 10 shown in ...

A waterproof wood-floor system for a shed starts with a floor framing system just like an outdoor deck. You use treated-lumber floor joists that are raised up off the soil.

It gets even more complex. There are scientific span tables that are referenced in the building code that tell you the minimum standards that the floor joist in your room addition must meet.

Scientific span tables that are referred to in the building code will tell you the minimum standards that the floor joist in your room addition must meet.

It gets even more complex. There are scientific span tables that are referenced in the building code that tell you the minimum standards that the floor joist in your room addition must meet.

For years, the steel joist industry standard has been that loads either need to be applied at panel points, or a member brace (strut) must be added in the field. In response to inquiries from ...

Firefighters prefer floor joists because it takes a while for a fire to burn the lumber to the point when it’s unsafe for them to be inside the building trying to knock down a fire.

This occurs around every joist end which, if you add it up throughout the building, amounts to a tremendous draught, probably the equivalent of someone leaving a window or door open. There are many ...

The floor joists are manufactured wood called I-joists. Do they need to overlap like regular wood joists? A: I've been framing and building for many years and have used both types of floor joists.