Don’t Forget the Connectors Structural connectors are designed to hold framing members to the foundation and to one another. They help a building withstand heavy loads, strong winds and earthquakes.

Can I frame the wall on the floor and ... headers above any doorways or pass-through openings in the wall. You still should try to stack the wall studs on top of any floor joists below the ...

A: I've been framing and building for many years and have used both types of floor joists. When we used standard wood joists, fir or pine lumber, we would overlap the joists by 3 inches and nail ...

Q. This week: My house is about 70 years old and the floors on the first story shake when someone walks on them. The problem, I think, is that the floor joists are too narrow. They're only 7.5 ...

Floor joists are sawed from logs. They often have inconsistent crowns to them. A crown is a hump in the floor joist. Humps and floor tile don’t play well together.

Q.The carpenter that built my deck used joist hangers to hold up the joists along the house and at the end of the deck. Are these steel joist hangers approved, and will they stand the test of time ...