plumber's box

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a method of transferring load between joists to enable a cutout of a joist to allow for a plumbing run, by having doubled-up cross-joists to run between the two adjacent joists of the severed joist at each side of the cut

Word forms

plumber's box plumber's boxes
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