Joists

Joists rot and collapse, tearing bricks out of the shared wall.

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Joists of 15 x 15 cm cross-section, with stirrups projecting out on the top side, are also precast in simple timber or steel moulds.

Chapter 8 1988

Joists connecting the beams supported the floor; and the under side was covered over by sheathing or lath and plaster, thus forming, as in the case of the roof, hollow spaces which were a source of danger.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 Various

Second Book, made it appear, that the Taint is chiefly retain'd and lodged in the upright wooden Pins that fasten the Planks to the Joists, and how scalding Lye is a very efficacious Liquor to extirpate it out of the

The London and Country Brewer Anonymous

The depth of the upper floor of Joists is included in the above.

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1823 1823

-- Joists of houses placed, not with their sides horizontally and perpendicularly, but diamond wise, thus: (illustration omitted) first, for greater strength; second, to arch between with brick, thus: (illustration omitted) Windows opening so that they admit air and not rain.

Miscellany 1784

Joists that are too long or those that have sagged can be supported by simply adding an extra 4-by-4 wood beam with screw jacks resting on concrete footings located every 6 feet along the beam.

The Seattle Times 2010

Joists and beams with a single-hand-use twist lock feature and accordion-type trusses for the framework are clearly advantageous.

EzineArticles 2010

Although, we were able to hang on to most of our price increases that we got in the first half of the year, LSL and LVL volume was down 28% in Q3 from Q3 last year and I-Joists' volume was down

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Joists that are too long or those that have sagged can be supported by simply adding an extra 4-by-4 wood beam with screw jacks resting on concrete footings located every 6 feet along the beam.

The Seattle Times 2010