bar joist
Americannoun
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The alternative would have been clumsy soffits built at an extra cost to hide the pipes that hung below traditional or engineered floor joists.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023
There, you can see the floor joists, possibly some ancient cross-bridging and how the joists are connected to beams and the foundation wall.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2023
Where the two-by-sixes touch the floor joists above, I installed two massive 4-inch-long timber screws with a giant flared head.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2023
Unlike with termites, you usually don’t need to worry that they have tunneled into framing or floor joists, because carpenter bees typically stay in wood that’s on the exterior surface.
From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022
He put in new wiring and plumbing, a new firebox, reinforced floor joists, and a new porch all on his own.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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