
Modified bracket close up
These modified
brackets help to illustrate the "use what you've got" building
philosophy we've been trying to adopt for this home
made storage building project.
This post is part of our Building a Storage Building from Scratch
series.
Read all of the entries: Part 1: Foundation
Part 3: Walls and scavenging lumber
Part 5: The roof
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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comment 1
If that bracket is on the inside, you might want to trim it right under the rafter so you can pound it flat so it won't stick out.
Comment by
Errol
— Sun Jan 24 16:57:08 2010
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comment 2
I see what you're talking about --- good point!
Comment by
anna
— Sun Jan 24 17:02:17 2010
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