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 ...

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 ...