On Dec 8, 3:13*pm, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Dec 8, 2:46*pm, Oren wrote:

On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:04:51 -0500, cj wrote:

what are those wooden beams that look sort of like an I beam
called?...the ones made up partially of OSB?
thanks, cj

I-joist.

http://usglulam.com/products/ijoist/

This one is called a "Canuk Lam" G

http://www.showroom411.com/entry/bea...canuk-lam.html

I prefer the manufacture joists that use zigzagged 2x4's. *You get
more open space to run duct work, plumbing and power. *Without having
to figure out where it's ok to make holes. *But the I trusses do
require less height which is also nice.

But they also present more problems with fireblocking and such.

R