Floor joist sizing “Rule of Thumb”
Floor joist sizing “Rule of Thumb” Read More »
I saw this slide-in floor joist at a new barn a friend of mine made here in Massachusetts. He needed a floor joist at the wall to hold up the flooring, but he didn’t want to remove a lot of
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This is an exploded view of a drop-in floor joist where it attaches to a sill.
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This is an exploded view of a tying joist connecting to a shed frame’s long sill. The tying joist prevents the sills from spreading out at the middle of their lengths.It is usually pegged, and the peg is cut off
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This picture shows some of the names of the knee brace tenon. This tenon is either 2″ off the layout face or 1 1/2″ off. Either way, the names would be the same.
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Often, a spline is used in a timber frame to reduce the amount of wood that is taken from a post or beam; this particular connection detail has two knee braces flanking the spline.
Timber Frame Spline Connection Detail with Two Knee Braces Read More »