Building Concepts II Course CMCC- Beginnings of an 8' x 12' Post and Beam Shed Week 9

This week we started the very beginning stages of our timber frame sheds. We will be constructing and 8' wide by 12' long post and beam shed building out of 6" x 6" timbers, as well as 4" x 4" and some 2" x 6" pieces also. In these series of photos what I am in the process of constructing is a knee brace like the ones we will be constructing for each corner post that will join to their connecting girders. We begin with practice...

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Building Concepts II Course CMCC- 12' x 24' Gable Shed Truss Construction and Building Assembly Week 8

 This weeks in-class time was devoted toward building two gable end trusses to have soffit and fascia material attached to it. A Soffit is something that forms a ceiling along the eve or ridge of something. A Fascia is any material used as a band or frieze running horizontally around a whole building roof system typically. Decks can also have fascia boards. Typically the widest edge of any fascia material is sitting upright. The things...

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Hollingsworth Exterior Door and Deadbolt Install

This couple, Dan and Kathy, were referred to me by a Hammond Lumber associate with a couple different jobs in mind. One was installing an exterior door they had chosen ahead of time and the other was to have installed a deadbolt lock into a different exterior door. Both jobs went very well and the couple was pleased enough with the results to ask for my business cards to handout. Here is the door supplied by Hammond Lumber. It is a 2/8 6/8,...

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