You may have seen in my other thread I had a tree fall over and hit my pole barn. After a more detailed inspection yesterday looks like there is significant damage Looking for advice and info on how I can brace and strengthen what was damaged Looks like I've been hitting some rough patches lately. Yesterday I blew out two chains hitting metal and now this
Boy, if that had not been right where there was a brace, things would have been a lot worse! That should be a pretty straightforward repair...jack the split area up enough to level it out, then lay a new 2x8 (?) in there to span well past the break (2-3'?) fasten with some 10-16d spikes (and maybe a couple deck screws, just to hold it long enough to nail) This repair is referred to as "sistering"
Agreed it smacked right on the brace........ Was thinking similarly but am no expert in this field and wanted to pick everyones brain. Much much appreciated as always
Got around to finally getting it off the roof LN. Tree obviously is pretty rotted but some decent heartwood on a lot of it.
Reason I would go with more expensive screws is just shear strength, I have a tendency to overbuilt and forget about it
And $$ (but you are not wrong, they are pretty sweet!) That's why I suggested the nails...much less $ and just as strong (if you use enough and install correctly)
They are. Id just use some constructions screws personally although I do have the Dewalt 20v nail gun.
Think most of what I used was Simpson screws, strong ties, etc... Some of those other screws are for the hardware cloth, that use to be the chicken coop, now wood shed, trying to keep the critters out. I put some timber screws in the angle braces. Am not the greatest builder, but she's still standing, barely
I have leftover timber lok from building decks years ago. In this state building inspectors especially on raised decks before those screws required carriages bolts through rim joints. It was not hard to convince customer to pay extra since it was not necessary to remove sheet rock in living space, leave open for inspection then rock mud sand paint Cheaper and less messy to by screws. Which I bought 500 per job or too. So different length sizes.. I mean isn’t that the point of pole barn I got it but can I find it I have a Snap on timing gun the next generation will not even know what it’s for.. I got points for old engine also.. am I a hoarder
As others have said, just sister something in. Fastener doesn't really matter, but I would put a couple good solid beads of construction adhesive (liquid nails) in between the old and new boards.
