Tim Carter demonstrates how to install through bolts while assembling a wood floor system on wood 6 x 6 posts for a DIY shed. Through bolts make for a better connection than lag bolts. Lag bolts are unacceptable because if the installer over tightens them, the wood fibers get shredded by the coarse threads and […]
How to Build a Wood Frame Floor Part 1 Tim Carter demonstrates in this DIY Shed series how to build a wood frame floor using treated lumber and 6 x 6 wood posts. Earlier in this video series and playlist, Carter showed how to build and notch the wood posts. For more DIY Shed […]
Tim Carter demonstrates how to use the straight edge of a framing square to check to see if a wide piece of lumber is cupped. Cupped lumber is when there's a hollow spot on one side and a hump on the other side. You don't want a cupped piece of lumber as the outer band […]
Tim Carter shows how to look down a wide piece of lumber to check for crown. Crown is the hump you'll often see in a piece of lumber. You always want the crown to be pointing up to the sky. To visualize what crown is, look at most modern bridges. The center of the bridge […]
Tim Carter shows off the first wood floor support beam in place on top of the four 6 x 6 posts. All the post notches are in contact with the bottom of the beam providing a continuous load path down to the poured concrete piers. For more DIY Shed building tips and information and to […]
How to Make a Wood Floor Beam Tim Carter shows step one of how to create a beam for a wood floor system. He talks about how to create a splice. Part two of the process is in the next video in this playlist. For more DIY Shed building tips and information and to purchase […]
Tim Carter shows off a few of the finished wood posts all notched and ready for the beams. For more DIY Shed building tips and information and to purchase the actual plans for the shed in this video, click the following links: SHED PLANNING: https://www.askthebuilder.com/how-to-plan-a-shed SHEDS for STORAGE: https://www.askthebuilder.com/storage-sheds GARDEN SHEDS: https://www.askthebuilder.com/garden-sheds SHED RAMPS: https://www.askthebuilder.com/shed-ramps/ […]
Tim Carter shows a finished notched wood 6 x 6 post on top of a poured concrete pier. He also demonstrates how a hold down anchor connects to the pier and the wood post with very special hardware. For more DIY Shed building tips and information and to purchase the actual plans for the shed […]
Locate Radiant Heat Pipes Tim Carter demonstrates an easy way to locate radiant heat pipes in a concrete slab using a thermal imaging camera attached to a smart phone.
Tim Carter shows how to properly notch a 6 x 6 wood post to accept a double 2 x 12 beam. This is the BEST way to provide support to a beam as it provides a continuous load path to the concrete pier below. For more DIY Shed building tips and information and the actual […]
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