Tim Carter, demonstrates how to get the floor joist layout perfect for 16-inch on center floor joists. The first joist away from the edge is the critical one. Once you have this one spaced correctly, then all the others are 16 inches on center from that one. For more DIY Shed building tips and information Read More »
Tim Carter shows how to use a deck corner bracket to reinforce a corner when connecting deck joists with a band board. The same is true for a suspended wood floor system. For more DIY Shed building tips and information and to purchase the actual plans for the shed in this video, click the following Read More »
Tim Carter demonstrates how to use an offset string to get a wood beam perfectly straight. For more DIY Shed building tips and information and the actual plans for the shed in this video, click the following links: SHED PLANNING: http://test.askthebuilder.com/how-to-plan-a-shed SHEDS for STORAGE: http://test.askthebuilder.com/storage-sheds GARDEN SHEDS: http://test.askthebuilder.com/garden-sheds SHED RAMPS: http://test.askthebuilder.com/shed-ramps/ ACTUAL SHED PLANS: http://go.askthebuilder.com/plans
Tim Carter shows why a notched post is better than bolting a beam to a post. 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: http://test.askthebuilder.com/how-to-plan-a-shed SHEDS for STORAGE: http://test.askthebuilder.com/storage-sheds GARDEN SHEDS: http://test.askthebuilder.com/garden-sheds SHED RAMPS: http://test.askthebuilder.com/shed-ramps/ ACTUAL SHED Read More »
Tim Carter explains the parts of a typical hold down anchor and how to connect a wood post to a concrete pier using one. The hold down anchor prevents uplift. Strong winds can lift a wood shed from a foundation causing it to tumble across a yard or field. For more DIY Shed building tips Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
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