Floor Joists - Page 2 of 7

Learn how to level floor framing in an old home by lifting joists with temporary walls, installing a midspan beam, and adding new studs to distribute the load down to the foundation.

Minisplits, Hoosier cabinets, additions, glue-size, floor joists, shingles, and rot-resistant lumber.

If subflooring panels can move against the joists or abutting sheets, they will squeak.

When you walk by, does the countertop move? Do the utensils rattle? Here's how to prevent that.

In this episode, host and managing editor Justin Fink talks with editor in chief Rob Yagid and design editor Brian Pontolilo about mold explosions, the politics of energy efficiency, and…

Beams, defined as elongated members that are loaded perpendicular to their long axis, are critical to the structure of a house.

Q: I’m building an addition for a customer who insists that there be no floor squeaks, so I’m taking every precaution I can think of. I’m using I-joists for the…

Follow these guidelines for drilling and notching solid-lumber floor joists for plumbing pipes.

Builder William Wiehe offers a solution for spanning an unsupported tongue-and-groove subfloor joint that runs perpendicular to the joists and squeaks along its entire length.

Q: Our crew is building a new two-story house. By the time the flooring installer came on site, there was a hump in the subfloor at a few of the doorways…