Well friends, I have two different types of splits on two different joists. I have a basement. One is split vertically due to a knot in the wood. The other is split horizontally (lengthwise) about 2 ft worth, and is abutted against the concrete block foundation. I don?t have access to any sort of jack to fix the knot split, is there another way? And how in the world do I fix the horizontal split? Thanks a lot for any suggestion.