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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?

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 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 ...

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 ...

No matter how far homeowners go to create a deck that looks good, there’s always one part that looks bad. The underside ... gauge aluminum attaches to deck joists through a system of galvanized ...