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Originally Posted by drcoastline
I use a cut off place it in the hanger. Set the top of the joist. Hard nail one side to the ledger or box. Let the other side hang. When you set your joists you can easily slide the joist in push the loose side tight to the joist and set it. That's just me nothing wrong with hard nailing the whole thing. The only issue you may have is if a joists is full of water it will be tight going in. May need extra persuasion.
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This is the same plan I had, so nice having the confirmation. I know there are several ways to go about this but this seemed the easiest. Trying to manhandle the full joist and mount the hanger seemed tough, even if the joist was hinged on the beam.