Preparing a Deck Beam for Install ||14x14 Home Addition||

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• KA

  @karenmcnamara854 · 3 years ago

  YOU are not an idiot . rather quite brilliant!

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• DA

  @davidbracetty · 1 year ago

  Dude, so much respect for working alone and recording at the same time. People don't understand how mentally fatiguing it is to remmber to do everything right, talk and keep moving the camera around. Respect.

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• BO

  @bobr9449 · 2 years ago

  For a similar house addition, the inspector called me out for using the same type of post to beam connector.   He sprcigied that I needed a column to beam connector, which is much stronger (and way more expensive).  Maybe the difference is that in my situation the floor is 10 feet off the ground, so maybe a little more stability is needed.

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• BR

  @bradleyakulov3618 · 4 years ago

  When you make the beam with the 2x10's, instead of planing the whole top surface, flip the beam to make the flush surface the top, and just plane down the bottom where it meets the posts/post holders. Like that, it's less planing, A LOT LESS.

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• JO

  @johnchappell8615 · 1 year ago

  Not supposed to pair the ledger bolts vertically like that. They should alternate top/bottom. The reason being it increases to probability of the ledger to split inline with the bolts.

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• CL

  @ClaytonJohnston-bw7nk · 8 months ago

  Nice video! The one thing I will add, a socket will make your life much either over an adjustable wrench😂

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• JS

  @jshepard152 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB_KFH0YPbc&amp;t=735">12:15</a> &nbsp; Thanks for actually placing your beams correctly, on top of the posts. &nbsp;I can&apos;t tell you how many times I&apos;ve seen people on Youtube frame a deck or a cabin by nailing the damn beams to the side of a post! &nbsp;The whole weight of their cabin rests on the sheer strength of a few nails. &nbsp;Crazy.

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• AL

  @alangoodwin1966 · 4 years ago

  I have found, as a deck builder, that a lot carpenters &nbsp;don’t take the time to install proper footings, above grade, with an anchored box.<br>Well done.

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• ST

  @stevenfoust3782 · 3 years ago

  Pretty funny people thought you were building a deck and yet no one called out how closely the ledger was to the threshold. Obviously done to match floors

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• WA

  @WaterdogDance · 11 months ago

  You can always tell how good a YouTuber is by how well they ignore distractions while filming lol.

• AD

  @adriaetr94 · 4 years ago (edited)

  How much did the 14x14 cost from start to finish?<br>It looks amazing! Awesome job

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• RT

  @rtboat7172 · 1 year ago

  Curious why you omitted construction adhesive when you fabricated your beam? &nbsp;Several HD &quot;C&quot; clamps are great to use too as the adhesive dries when laminating them together . . ..

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