On 1/7/2009 12:04 PM RonABC spake thus:

Thanks all. I just talked with the person who is going to do the work and
we are going to skip the idea of using steel studs. Instead, he'll pack out
the joists where needed as Colbyt suggested and then hang the drywall.

Small note: if you want to use the same terminology everyone else uses,
the term is "shim out", not "pack out". Bearings get packed; framing
members get shimmed.


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