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Joist hangers give carpenters all sorts of flexibility.
Joist hangers are fine if they are installed properly Tim Carter 2010
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Joist: The horizontal supporting planks running beneath the deck.
Important deck parts 2010
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But officials of the Atlanta-based company say sales of its new XJ 85 Joist -- a beam engineered to contain 40% to 50% less wood, and leave space to run air conditioning and heating ductwork through homes more efficiently -- are taking off.
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'Oh to be sure I have the knowledge, your honour,' replies Patrick, quick as a flash, 'for wasn't it Joist that wrote Ulysses, and Girder who wrote Faust?'
Closing the Goethe Gap Holmes, Richard 1991
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CBRI, Roorkee, 1973 (E) 21.07 CBRI: Prefabricated floor/roof using structural clay units, (Joist and filler scheme), Building Digest No. 105, CBRI, Roorkee, 1973
Chapter 12 1988
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· An extruded structural clay unit, which by virtue of its shape is used both as Joist and filler elements, has been developed at CBRI, Roorkee.
Chapter 8 1988
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These Ears were hanging over head upon Poles and pieces of Joist.
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Joist Hite, probably the first settler in the Valley.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various
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Joist for Platforms for the Guns, or any Bill-Hooks to cut Fascines and clear the Ground, had not Lord _Cathcart_ been informed these Things were wanting, and wrote timely to have them supplied before the Fleet sailed, which lay then at _St.
An Account of the expedition to Carthagena, with explanatory notes and observations Charles Knowles
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Joist and deck will be accounted for as discontinued operations.
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