Joists and Spacing. Floor joists are made from 2-by-8-inch or 2-by-10-inch lumber, or from engineered quiet beams, which are made from a thin layer of chipboard on edge between two lumber caps forming an I shape. Floor joist spacing has traditionally been 24 inches on center, or from center to center of the joists.lue is sprayed between each layer and the sheet is hot pressed. CDX plywood should be a minimum of 7/16 inch thick. The thicknesses are as follows: 7/16-, 15/32- and 1/2-inch-thick panels require joists spaced 16 inches on center; 19/32- and 5/8-inch-thick panels require joists spaced 20 inches on center.
Diminutive dandy: Jose Altuve keeps reaching new heights. Listed at 5 feet, 6 inches, Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve stands well below the 6-2 of the average major leaguer. But Altuve leads the American League in batting, hits and stolen bases.
Green-and-White Dracaenas. Gold dust dracaena Combo's (D. godseffiana Combo) slender stems bear broadly elliptical, white speckled medium-green leaves. The 3- to 6-foot shrub grows as a medium-light indoor plant or an outdoor evergreen in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 through 11.ricolor dracaena makes a striking patio container plant or espaliered, in-ground shrub in USDA zones 10b and 11, where it relishes full sun or heavy shade. Corn plant dracaena hybrid Lemon Lime requires five to 10 years to reach a 3- to 4 1/2-foot height.