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  2. Fire cut - Wikipedia

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    In the construction of masonry buildings, a fire cut [1] or fireman's cut is a diagonal chamfer of the end of a joist or beam where it enters a masonry wall. If the joist burns through somewhere along its length, damage to the wall is prevented as the fire cut allows the joist to fail and still leave the masonry wall standing.

  3. Rim joist - Wikipedia

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    In flooring construction, the rim joists sit on the sill plates; in deck construction, they are parallel to the support beams and sit on the beams or in some cases, cantilever away from the beams. A double thickness board in the position of a rim joist is called a flush beam and serves a dual purpose, providing primary support for the joist ...

  4. Joist - Wikipedia

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    A double floor is a floor framed with joists supported by larger timbers.. In traditional timber framing there may be a single set of joists which carry both a floor and ceiling called a single floor (single joist floor, single framed floor) or two sets of joists, one carrying the floor and another carrying the ceiling called a double floor (double framed floor).

  5. Trimmer (construction) - Wikipedia

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    In light-frame construction, a trimmer is a timber or metal beam (joist) used to create an opening around a stairwell, skylight, chimney, and the like. Trimmers are installed parallel to the primary floor or ceiling joists and support headers, which run perpendicular to the primary joists.

  6. Notching - Wikipedia

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    End notching works the end of the tube, such as a semicircular concavity to make the base of a tee, or a convex vee to fit into a mitre. Vee-notched tube, bent for assembly of a mitred joint. Side notching (also called offset notching) works the side of a tube with a vee notch for bending, semicircular or vee notches for tee joint.

  7. I-joist - Wikipedia

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    As of 2005, approximately 50% of all wood light framed floors used I-joists. [2] [clarification needed] I-joists were designed to help eliminate typical problems that come with using solid lumber as joists. The advantage of I-joists is they are less likely to bow, crown, twist, cup, check, or split as would a piece of dimensional lumber. I ...

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  9. Open web steel joist - Wikipedia

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    The LH- and DLH-Series have been designed for the purpose of extending the use of joists to spans and loads in excess of those covered by Open Web Steel Joists, K-Series. LH-Series Joists have been standardized in depths from 18 inches (460 mm) through 48 inches (1,200 mm), for spans through 96 feet (29,000 mm).