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bar joist
a welded steel joist having an open web consisting of a single bent bar running in a zigzag pattern between horizontal upper and lower chords. -
interjoist
a space between two joists. -
keystone joist
a reinforced-concrete joist with sloping sides and the top wider than the bottom. -
nailer joist
a steel joist having a permanently attached nailing strip, as for securing wooden flooring. -
backing
If someone has the backing of an organization or an important person, they receive support or money from that organization or person in order to do something. -
box sill
a sill for a building frame, composed of a plate resting on the basement wall and a joist or header at the outer edge of the plate, as well as a soleplate for the studs resting either directly on the joists or on the rough flooring.