MiTek’s New Face-Mount Joist Hanger Requires No Joist Nailing
January 27 2015 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
THFI Hanger Features Seat Cleats® That Lock the
Bottom Flange of the I-joist to the Hanger, Eliminating the Need
for Joist Nails
MiTek Builder Products, a division of MiTek Industries, a
Berkshire Hathaway company, today announced the release of a
game-changing joist hanger. The new THFI hanger is a “face-mount
hanger” designed to attach I-joists to wood headers, and it can
accomplish the task while requiring no joist nails.
Entirely unique to other hanger options, the THFI face-mount
design combines the installation ease of a “top-mount” hanger with
the installation flexibility of a “face-mount” hanger. The THFI
hanger features strategically placed Seat Cleats that lock the
bottom flange of the I-joist to the hanger, eliminating the need
for joist nails.
The THFI’s side flanges extend to the top chord of the I-joist,
so web stiffeners are not required, saving material costs. What’s
more, alignment tabs simplify the proper vertical alignment of the
THFI, which has cleats to hold the hanger in place. (If the
alignment tabs are not needed or are in the way of larger joists,
the tabs can be easily bent out of the way at no loss of strength
to the THFI. “Speed prongs” allow temporary placement if alignment
tabs cannot be used.)
News of the new THFI comes on the heels of the launch of MiTek’s
new MiTek Builder Products division, which integrates a number of
MiTek businesses, building products, and brands, including USP
Structural Connectors, the Z4 Tie-Down System, and the Hardy Frame
Shear Wall System, as well as specifying and collaboration software
tools such as SAPPHIRE Supply and SAPPHIRE Viewer.
“Our USP brand has quickly become a national leader in
innovative hanger design, and the THFI is just the latest in a long
line products that will save contractors time and money,” said Tom
Manenti, Chairman and CEO of MiTek. ”The fact that we also offer
software tools for specifying and collaboration only makes the USP
product line more valuable.”
About MiTek Industries
MiTek Industries is a diversified global supplier of software,
engineered products, services, and equipment to the residential,
commercial, and industrial, construction sectors. MiTek Industries’
passion for our associates’ well-being and our customers’ success
is the company’s hallmark. A Berkshire Hathaway company (NYSE:
brk-a, NYSE: brk-b) since 2001, the Company has operations in more
than 40 countries on six continents. Learn more:
www.MiTekBuilderProducts.com, www.MiTek-us.com/ and
www.Mii.com.
For MiTek Builder ProductsJohn D. Wagner,
919.796.9984Jdwagner@WagnerPR.com
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