Make a drawing of your deck and list the spans and sizes of the joists and beams. Bring it to the building department at your ...

Did you know that for the same amount of time and energy required to strip, sand and stain a wooden deck, you can replace the ...

If you’re building a deck, it pays to buy a pneumatic framing nailer or rent one ... remember to put the lid back on. You can hold joists temporarily in place by screwing a short block of ...

Deck framing costs largely depend on the size and layout of the deck. For instance, standard joist dimensions are cheaper than larger joists with overhangs. Also, deck framing costs largely depend ...

To understand stairs, let’s talk about floors. Like many Americans, you might live in a home with a wood-floor system.

In other words, all of the bolts, screws, nails, joist hangers, framing connectors ... all nailed to the floor joists. If you use composite decking like I have on my deck, the decking is not ...

This course will examine how noncombustible steel deck framing makes it possible to meet stringent building and fire codes in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) zones. Because steel is a Class A ...