You've cut the joists, set the beam, and reached the deck corner where the hanger in your hand won't sit flat. Its flange clashes with the rim, the neighbouring joist blocks the nail holes, and moving either member would change the decking layout. Relying on lumber size alone stops working here. Good joist hangers corner […]
You're halfway through a deck frame when the ledger turns, the joists stop running square, and a standard face-mount hanger no longer sits flat. The temptation is to grab a hanger that looks close, bend a tab, and keep framing. That shortcut is where angled connections lose their approved load path. The phrase joist hangers […]