Installing the hangers before the joists are in place can also cause height issues if the joists and the beam are not the same heights. Believe me, there can be up to ¼-inch in difference.

ASK THE BUILDER | It’s important to realize you’re dealing with people’s lives, and death and serious injury can result when you install joist hangers, beams and support columns the wrong way.

Robert even sent some of the rusted joist hanger nails. A few of them had lost well over 60% of the steel! The bottom of several hangers had holes in them, and the remaining metal was paper thin.

Handyman on Call A warning on rusting deck joist hangers By Peter Hotton Globe Correspondent,January 30, 2013, 6:00 p.m.

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