Building codes governing framed floors include an allowance for sagging, which sounds bad ... Sistering. That’s the traditional name for doubling up timbers, in this case installing new joists ...

Chris Neurath sent this long note that is important enough to run in the Handyman's column: "You may have given bad advice that leads to safety issues when you said not to worry about deck joist ...

The easiest method for running deck joists, especially when you're working alone, is to attach joist hangers to the ledger board before installing your joists. The trick is to set them at the ...

The beam is sagging and I want to see if we can add a sister beam to take some of the stress from it. Does anyone have any experience dealing with this? Maybe a contractor referral and some idea of ...

Q: Our 35-year-old house has a 7-foot cantilevered deck on the top floor -- about ... you may find that the easiest fix is to sister another joist onto the existing ones. Especially if there's ...

The deck joists need to have a small 45-degree angled fire cut made at the top so the top of the joist doesn’t touch the flashing. This detail is one of the many things that have transitioned ...