Looking at a calendar that's right around the corner...at your pace I bet you have it off by Friday?
Below 265 SQ/FT Pool shed build
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Looking at a calendar that's right around the corner...at your pace I bet you have it off by Friday?
This one's for you, buddy
You're going to nail that down, right?
Nice progress on the shed. Typically the temp lateral bracing is fastened to the INSIDE of the walls, so you don't have to pull it off when sheeting the outside of the walls. Bracing is also left in place until the trusses are set and roof sheeted.
Also typically run another 2x6 top plate on the top of the walls to tie everything together. Not that it matters, just throwing it out there for others whom might be inspired by your work!
Also typically run another 2x6 top plate on the top of the walls to tie everything together. Not that it matters, just throwing it out there for others whom might be inspired by your work!
What too good for a hammer?
Saw some damn cold temps this morning driving across Vermont, tomorrow supposed to be worse..
It's funny because I was a union carpenter for a few years after high school and you pick up a ton of information that you will NEVER forget after a journeyman carpenter chews your *** for 10 minutes for putting bracing in the wrong places.
Your base plate would usually be treated like you've got it, but it would be the bottom plate of your wall, not a separate plate. So treated sill plate, studs, top plate, then another top plate to tie the tops of the walls together.
I did the double bottom to make it a little easier to deal with the penetrations while being easier to align and straighten everything. It let me do it in smaller steps.
The omission of a double top plate is intentional. I'm doing 24OC framing and truss spacing, so the load will carry directly down. The walls are well tied together, between screws, nails and the sheathing.
The gable wall sheathing will be mostly 4x10 sheets, so thay I can run up into the end trusses. I'll heavily brace those walls (on the interior) before standing any trusses.
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kj_mustang
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Come west a couple hours out to the Shenandoah Valley, we are looking at 0 and single digits tonight and Wednesday night.
I think it was one or two degrees when I left the house this morning, by the time I got to the bottom of the hill it was zero. Hit -5 and a couple of the valleys as I was driving
Throw heater in that pool you'll be in business
larry4406
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Yeah, exactly. I was thinking about grabbing some Simpson strapping for the wall connections, but it felt a little unnecessary for a single story and relatively small build. I have a whole bucket of 7" headlok screws as well
Trusses will be held down with Simpson truss screws. I also need to get the walls secured down as the only thing holding them right now are some #9 grks... I have a pile of 1/2" Tapcon HD's and Simpson bearing plate washers
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We have some nice weather for this weekend, but I'm going to be really thin on help, so I don't know how much will get done. I need to anchor the walls, stand/brace the trusses, sheathe the gable walls, frame the lookouts and fascia, and sheathe the roof... Ideally without hurting myself.
Wish me luck
Wish me luck
You'll be done by Monday...
larry4406
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Thanks Larry. First time doing this and it felt like a good way to get really solid overhangs
If I get time tomorrow, I need to add some bracing on the trusses, get them nailed down better, and tape the zip. I don't think I'll get to fascia and the lookouts, but maybe with a little @PCustoms motivation, I can get that going too...
Took me a second to see what was going on, then it clicked. I like
I mean, of you want to be a slouch I'm not gonna come down and stop you....
But definitely get it all braced. Seen a few structures get tweaked when the wind arrives before "I'll do it tomorrow"
larry4406
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25% reject rate (4/16). Wow.
Yeah I got a whole list of things for tomorrow...
Good aim.
Any reason you didn't go for j bolts? I've got a drill and those tapcon look nice but $$$
billconner
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I like that too. Just what I did.
Whats a few degrees colder? I would've come up and shouted words of encouragement from the shovel I would have been leaning on..
Nice job, you made a lot of progress...
That's a lot less then I thought.
I looked into the tapcon for the deck last year, maybe it was the outdoor rated ones that drove the price through the roof. I figure it lasted 40,yrs with just a piece of threaded rod in the end of a 4x then a couple of wedge anchors and SS bracket will outlive my time here
captain14
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Looking good. Today’s going to be a heatwave compared to the last 2 weeks. I still have snow on the ground.
How does that imprint the little "Z" logo?Tape is done and the trusses are braced/nailed down. A squeegee is so much nicer to use than a roller, especially on a ladder
Looking good. Still daylight to get sheathing on roof...
It doesn't. But a squeegee does wet out the adhesive, which is what matters.
The z's are a great way to prove it was rolled, but since I dont have a QC department and will never file a warranty claim, I'm good.
I need to do the overhangs and fascia before sheathing, but my back needs a break after yesterday.
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