with a top chord extension 52 this provides a safe and easy way to drop in place and safely install floor joists on a stick framed wall system the top chord extension 52 provides an ideal solution for coordinating a concrete floor diaphragm system with a framed wall an angle 56 can be placed under the end of the top chord where it bears on the wall helping avoid creating a point load that will overload the wall during construction phase when concrete 54 is being poured into place the angle 56 when properly sized including holes 58 to create shear bond capacity provides a passive distribution beam for the concrete floor bearing on the wall fig9 shows similar joists 30 framed from both sides of studs 38 the adjustable connector 10 fastens joists 30 to the flat distribution member 53 in fig8 and the joist 30 to the flat distribution member 53 in fig9 as shown in fig1 and 11 the flat plate distribution member 74 allows one to design a floor system without having to align the end reactions with the wall studs in an economical and technically superior manner a flat plate member 74 is fastened to wall studs 38 and then floor joists 30 with connectors are fastened to the flat plate fig1 shows a floor joist 30 aligned coplanar to a stud 38 and fig1 shows a floor joist 30 aligned in between two studs 38 as shown in fig1 and 13 an angle 86 or a u shaped member 88 can be fastened to the lower portion of the flat plate 84 to support joists 30 during erection fastening and connection of the latter components is done via screws welds nails clinching or other means the plate.