Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 58
all the joists have tobe dressed to a uniform width, if they do not come so. A little ir-regularity in a ceiling can be overcome in plastering. The spacing of the floor beams should not exceed 16 inches fromcentres, and, where the ceilings are not furred, it is better to spacethem 12 inches from… … Fig. 24. Fig 26. solutely necessary; then if the foundation wall settles the joists willnot move unless the sill does. The ideal connection of joists and sill is by hanging the joists in aGoetz or Duplex Hanger, as shown in Fig. 24. This retains thefull strength of the joist and suspends it…
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