Next time you walk across a floor that feels like concrete but looks like wood, you might be standing on a Mitek joist. And you won’t even know it.
In 1995, contractor Mike Harris stood on a job site in a developing suburb of Atlanta, staring at a pile of warped 2x10 lumber. The builder wanted a flat floor for a high-end kitchen—granite countertops, heavy appliances, no room for bounce or sag. But the traditional solid-sawn joists from the local yard were twisting like corkscrews. Mike knew that by the time the drywall went up, the floor would squeak, slope, and require shims. mitek joists
That evening, he called an engineer friend. “What you need,” the friend said, “is not better wood. You need a different geometry.” Next time you walk across a floor that