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Complete newbie here. Been working on a 40x12 lean-to. Getting ready to put purlins down and gave the rafters a look over from a distance, some of them are pretty crooked. I have let them sit for a month or so in the rain and sun..,not by choice. What is the best way to straighten them? I...

So the wife wants me to hang this 12 ft x 4 chalkboard in my shop. She said it will get the kids off of the iPads..i dont know about that but what I do know is i have to hang this thing. I estimate it weighs about 100 lbs..based off of after carrying it (actually while carrying it) I guessed...

Hi, building a wrap-around lean to. One side will be 11 feet wide, the other will be 8.5. My question is...even though the widths are different, if the ledgers and headers are all the same (same height/level), should the rafters on the short side land on the header and sit upon the ledger...

I wish I would have paid more attention in HS shop and college trig, but I had other things on my mind. Now I am playing catch up. :) I am currently building a 55 foot long wrap-around lean-to onto my shop. (two hyphenated words in the same sentence...not bad for an East Texan.) I hope to get...