Back then there were no fancy metal hangers. The carpenters of old hung joists from beams by cutting a tenon on the end of a joist and then they created a matching square or rectangular mortise in ...

Q. I'm getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I've been told that a wood beam will work, but I've always seen steel I-beams in other houses.

Posts and beams can be steel, wood or engineered lumber. When placing joists, studs, rafters or trusses, carpenters need to ...

If you purchase engineered floor joists that resemble steel I-beams, these have no crown in them.

type of floor system which comprised of wooden I-beams used as floor joists and open-web gang plate floor trusses. There was no fire-rated thermal barrier to the underside of the unprotected ...

titled "Open Web Steel Joists 101," which will highlight the basics of open web steel joists and joist girders. The webinar will be on Wednesday, October 19 from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. (EDT).