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Sill pan the easy way. 6" Zip Tape splitting the sill, the. 12" Stretch Tape for the corners. Even in 35°F it stretches just fine. It's expensive because it's good, but using it for the corners means a roll goes a long way and this is a faster installation than full Stretch on this 6' sill. Incidentally that's Zip R6 #buildingscience #huberpartner #osmopocket3 @Huber Engineered Woods

Giant 16 15/16" saw to cut the Rosboro glulam ridge beam. 1 pass. Saw is plugged into the @milwaukeetool MX power station. We are getting ready to start a project where we don't yet have power. #diablofreudambassador #diablotools #framing #framersareadyingbreed #huberpartner #keenutility

Visiting a prefab shop in Switzerland when Siga brought us back to see the Swiss approach to building. This machine cut the rafters to identical sizes quite quickly. Handling larger timbers is hard on the body. This is one way to minimize the physical wear and tear. #construction #builder #cncmachining

1 way to get a ridge length on an overhang. @STABILA Plate Level #roofframing #framing #framersareadyingbreed #stabilalevels #beatruepro #huberpartner #Keenutility

#ad Tips & Tricks for deck framing. I like using blocking to keep joists on layout. I still mark layout on the girder, but don't nail all the joists on layout, I use the blocks to do this—saving time. We are going to use the required hardware to connect the #PWTTreated LVL joist to the girder. This also avoids puncturing the tape. The white in my Pica makes it easy to see. Look closely at how all the #PWTTreated LVL joists are exactly the same dimensions. This directly translates into decking laying nice and flat. Since we are outside, I'm using hot-dipped galvanized nails to fasten the Treated LVL to blocks.   #ad #PWT #PWTpros #construction #deckconstruction #builder #build

How do you cut a bevel that exceeds your saws capacity? Cut to the complimentary angle, then cut again set to 90° #makitatools #diablotools #diablofreudambassador #metqbohpt #geometry #Keenutility

#ad 22 years ago we bought our first forklift. This has saved us tons (literally)of physical labor. Weight adds up and deck building is brutal. All of the materials are heavy and usually have to be moved by hand. Here in the PNW the treated wood we use is "pressure treated." This process uses water to infuse the wood with preservatives, resulting in heavy lumber. The treatment doesn't penetrate uniformly or all the way into the wood either.  The #PWTTreated LVL 2x8 10' in this video weighs 19.4 lbs less per stick, than the pressure treated wood we normally use. Put another way, if I lift a pressure treated 2x8 10', I'm lifting 68.7% more weight each time. We don't have to cull and sort. My 46-year old back and elbows are telling me pick PWT Treated. I personally went to the lumberyard and weighed the wood there and compared it to the Treated LVL. #ad #PWT #PWTpros #construction #deckconstruction #builder #build