Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 149
d masonry. This is be-cause timber shrinks very muchacross the grain, but almost not atall along the grain. If the joistsare framed properly into the sill,so that they are flush on the bottom with the sill, we have at the outerend of the joist a depth of horizontal timber equal to the depth of… … Fig. 149. Another Bad Joist and SillConstruction 114 CARPENTRY 103 course the top of the girder must not in any case come above thetop of the floor joists; therefore, in general, the girder must be equalin depth to the floor joists and flush with these joists on top and
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