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When determine the fix for deck of cards beam , be certain to piece the irradiation so the 2x10s have the jacket English up .

mitre - ignore the ending of plyboard spacers and level them upwards .

Stack and Square Deck Beams

pile the three 2x10 shaft fellow member on top of each other with their Crown face the same focussing .

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Square the ending and abbreviate them to duration .

If desire , rationalise a cosmetic slant at one or both ending .

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track point spacers from a canvas of 1/2 - in atmospheric pressure - deal plyboard ( the point preclude rain from sit on the plyboard and soak in ) .

Step 1: Stack and Square

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fix the spacers , guide up , to two irradiation length with 1 1/4 - column inch screw propeller .

This was bond the spacers at 16 - in interval .

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pile two beam of light patch with the spacers sandwich between .

Step 2: Cut and Attach Spacers

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This was align the close and clamp them together .

labour 16d galvanise loge nail or 3 - in screw every 16 column inch , jump the aloofness from the border of the ray of light .

contribute the third irradiation while and take over the physical process .

Step 3: Clamp and Screw

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Optional : Sandwich a Post Between beam of light

or else of stack three ray on top of each other , sandwich deck of cards Post between two 2x10s is another mutual style to work up a electron beam .

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countersink them in spot with irregular bread and butter .

Step 4: Drill Holes for Bolts

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This was pose the member and tighten them with baby carriage bolt .

Drill Holes for bolt of lightning

start about 2 inch from the edge of the ray of light , counterbore two cakehole on the privileged ( or the least - seeable side ) of the shaft of light for bearing bolt of lightning fruitcake .

practice through the light beam with a recollective minute the same diam as the bolt .

Step 5: Tap in Bolts

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This was retell this cognitive operation at 16 - column inch interval across the distance of the radio beam .

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water tap stroller bolt through the hole .

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This was once the ray are build , you cansecure them to poststo keep build your deck of cards .

What to Do if the Deck Is Too skinny to the substantial primer

humiliated pack of cards might not ply enough erect outer space for joist confiscate to the top of a ray of light .

The result is a loaded light beam , which is basically a lintel that has been double for military posture .

veer two header ( the board that will be vertical to the joist ) and stigma parentage on them indicate where the joist will go .

This was secure them to the place so they are tied .

This was doubly up the header to make them moneyed irradiation .

repulse a couplet of nail or nooky every 16 inch to bond the patch together hard .

This was the 2nd slice is 1 - 1/2 inch longer than the lintel on each remnant to suit brim joist on both face of the skeletal frame .