Talk:Joist

Latest comment: 10 years ago by 188.30.24.180 in topic height/width ratio of joists

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This needs a photo and/or diagram of a typical joist.

Rule of Thumb

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The x/2 + 2 rule of thumb.... doesn't it need a specification of 16" or 24" o.c.? Chconnor (talk) 20:38, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Joke

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I know this isn't appropriate, but I heard this joke and I just can't help myself.

An Irish building site applicant was asked to differentiate between a joist and a girder. "That's easy," he said, "Joist wrote Ulysses and Girder wrote Faust".

Enjoy. -- JackofOz 05:25, 26 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Requested article

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If someone knowledgeable could write Open web steel joist, it would improve Robb Engineering. I have also placed this same request appropriately here. Exit2DOS2000TC 02:24, 13 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

height/width ratio of joists

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There is some mention of current height/width ratios for joists in this article. however these seem to reflect modern practice. If one looks at older buildings, for example, in tudor times, it does appear that joists were often square or nearly so. Furthermore they were often much closer to each other than might be necessary. At what point did this change? Why did it change? Was any one person responsible for this? how did this vary by country?

john f 188.30.24.180 (talk) 22:18, 7 January 2014 (UTC)Reply