Category: Buyer’s Guide

Walk through any building supply store in the US and you’ll find an entire aisle of post-to-beam hardware — brackets, caps, hangers, and connectors in dozens of shapes and sizes. For a basic wood-to-wood deck connection, a standard post cap gets the job done. But the moment you’re working with HSS (Hollow Structural Section) square… Continue reading Steel Post to Beam Connectors

You search for “steel column timber beam connector” and half the results talk about HSS. The other half say SHS. The sizing looks different. The standards references are different. And you’re left wondering whether you’re looking at the same product or two completely different things. You’re looking at the same product. HSS and SHS are… Continue reading Steel Post to Beam Connectors: A Complete Buyer’s Guide for US Contractors