Q. My house was constructed using cantilever floor support so beams and posts were minimized. The floors in our three bedrooms above the garage use this system to eliminate a post that would go d ...

The problem with attaching a deck to a cantilevered floor is that there is nothing below the cantilever (overhang) to keep the rim joist at the house from pulling loose; there is no support below it.

Because of attempts to build modern homes with various cantilevered floor-joist areas, alcoves for china cabinets and bay or bow windows, a cooler floor in these areas relative to the rest of the ...