How to Use joist in a Sentence

joist

noun

• To find the joist, simply look through the cracks between the boards.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2022
• Use a stud finder to locate the joist from above the floor.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2022
• Cut all the 2 x 6 floor joists to length and set them between the two band joists and on top of the mudsills.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2017
• Mark the shims against the edge of the joist using a pencil, then remove them.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2022
• Rent half off bc the whole kitchen floor was gone. Exposed joists.
  — Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 21 July 2017
• The colony built its hive in the floor joists between the upstairs and downstairs in his home.
  — Mallory Hughes, CNN, 11 May 2020
• Next, form each front and rear band joist by nailing a 2 x 6 to a 2 x 8 mudsill.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2017
• In the kitchen, the ceiling consists of the floor joists of the master bedroom upstairs.
  — Celia Barbour, House Beautiful, 30 May 2017
• In the kitchen, the ceiling consists of the floor joists of the master bedroom upstairs.
  — Celia Barbour, House Beautiful, 30 May 2017
• Next, locate the center of the wall stud or ceiling joist.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2020
• In this case, the rim joist (the space between the top of the foundation wall and the bottom of the floor above) also should be foamed.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2021
• These should be spaced at eight foot intervals along the front rim joist.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2018
• The floor joists were cut in half creating a double height space along the entire back of the home.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 14 May 2018
• If the insulation in your attic doesn't reach the top of the floor joists, there's not enough to trap heat.
  — The Good Housekeeping Institute, Good Housekeeping, 20 Nov. 2018
• Probe joist ends and sill plates with a screwdriver or an ice pick.
  — Jim Gorman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2015
• Bob said, pointing at joists that had punched holes in the ceiling of their bedroom.
  — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 17 May 2018
• Cut the panels to fit tightly between the floor and overhead joists.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2019
• If in doubt, prize up board as above, and take a look, marking the position of the joist on floorboard.
  — The Editors Of House Beautiful, House Beautiful, 11 Feb. 2015
• Ceilings are 14 feet high and their joists are exposed.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2017
• Two years ago, a devastating fire took the beloved store down to its floor joists.
  — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 23 Feb. 2018
• Next, drill through your home's rim joist, and run copper pipe and electrical cable through the hole and to the ground.
  — Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2021
• The entrance to this unit is at the side of the building, up a flight of stairs created from salvaged floor joists.
  — Julie Lasky, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2018
• Run piping from the backflow preventer to the pipe installed through the rim joist.
  — Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2021
• The joists used for the first and second-story floors were 2x12s cut from Southern Yellow Pine trees.
  — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2024
• Lawns fade into water, which looks swollen and rises right to the joists of the bridges that connect each driveway to the main road.
  — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
• Rotted wood structural parts, such as floor joists or wall studs.
  — Abieyuwa Aghayere, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2024
• Stairs from one of the two dressing rooms lead to the tower with redwood ceiling joists and a Douglas fir floor.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• Or to learn that the lustrous floor is made of boards of longleaf pine, salvaged from the original floor joists.
  — Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2020
• The straps attaching the floor joists to the cedar piers were then cut, and a hydraulic jack lifted the building onto the trailer.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 31 May 2018
• This project is heavy, so attach it to a heavy-duty hook in a ceiling joist for hanging.
  — Beth Eslinger, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2021

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024