Abacus Construction Index
UK: Joists: Joist Suppliers
LEADING UK JOIST SUPPLIERS
A joist is a wooden or steel beam directly supporting flooring or a ceiling lining, together with other joists. Joists are either full-length intermediate joists (running the full distance from wall to wall), trimmer joists, trimmed joists or trimming joists.
A trimmer joist is a short floor joist which encloses one side of a rectangular hole in a wooden floor, carrying the full-length joists which are cut off for the hole (trimmed joists). Another trimmer joist may form the side opposite and parallel to it. A trimming joist is a floor joist parallel to the other joists, usually the same depth, but possibly thicker. It is fixed with another trimming joist, in pairs, one each side of a hole in a timber floor, and carries trimmer joists, which themselves carry the trimmed joists.
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LEADING UK JOIST SUPPLIERS
Trus Joist is a leading supplier of composite joists. These are made of compressed board, and because they are largely unaffected by changes in temperature and in moisture content, they remain stable. This avoids floors making squeaking noises when walked upon. Because defects in the wood are dispersed, Trus Joists are much stronger than equivalent sized traditional timber joists; they can therefore use less than half the amount of timber.
Click here for an easy-to-use listing of leading UK suppliers of joists, provided by Archbone.
Other useful links relevant to joists and joist suppliers:
Timber Research & Development Association
DETAILED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON SUPPLIERS OF JOISTS
We recommend the following websites, with building product information including manufacturers' specs, standard specifications, and CAD details: Barbour Compendium at www.barbourcompendium.co.uk, RIBA Product Selector Plus at ww.productselector.co.uk, ASC Bricsnet at www.ascinfo.co.uk, Building Products Index at www.bpindex.co.uk, British Board of Agrément at www.bbacerts.co.uk, British Standards Online at www.bsonline.bsi-global.com.
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