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Posted by tool_fool (My Page) on Sat, Feb 6, 10 at 14:32
| Building an elevated deck using treated 6X6 posts and 12" beams. Don't know if I'm building beams or buying solid timber yet but, I'm wondering about the connections. Simpson has several types of post cap/beam connectors with some of them seeming like overkill for a deck and others seem flimsy for even a dog house. I don't know if notching the posts to set the beams in would mean welcoming rot or weakness. Any suggestions, thoughts or preferences? |
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RE: Post to beam connections
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| Defentley use the simpson connectors, the over kill ones. Notching will mean welcoming rot. J. |
RE: Post to beam connections
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| On the rot note, do you seal the cuts on treated lumber with anything? And, is there any advantage of solid timber beam over a built up beam? |
RE: Post to beam connections
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| The treated lumber,mcq,is poor quality even the ground contact material. I wont even go into why we have to use it anyway copper naphthenate does a good job on it. Built up beams,done corectley,are more stable than solid timber beams. J. |
RE: Post to beam connections
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| John- how did you figure out how to spell naphthenate? I recommend using that stuff. It is commonly called copper green. Don't buy the aerosol can, it's nasty stuff. Get a quart or gallon, pour about an inch into a small pail and dip the cut ends of your treated wood. |
RE: Post to beam connections
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| Double click on that good buddy. I buy the green by the gal,paint everything near the ground and the top of the joists. Love the smell remindes me of the laquare spray booth. JonMon. |
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