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Building Joists and Rafters

Ryley and Bob discuss the special beam being installed which utilizes a fletch plate. The plate is made of steel and is then sandwiched between two pieces of wood for added strength. Bob assists in bolting the plate to the wood and then securing the beam in place. The remaining joists and rafters are then added.

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" So, Ryley, what do you up to now?"

" Well, I've got a little something special here Bob. This is a grit we're going to put up to carry the second floor."

" We're talking steel here, aren't we?"

" Yeah, this is a steel plate. It's actually called a fletch plate."

" A fletch plate."

" A fletch. "

" A fletch plate."

" Fletch plate, F-L-E-T-C-H."

" And you're sure about this?"

" I would take my reputation."

" Did you look it up in the book?"

" I looked it up in the book and it is the fletch plate."

" It's half in steel?"

" Yeah."

" And you're sandwiching it with a couple of piece of 2 by 10?"

" Correct."

" And basically, you're creating a very stiff and strong beam that's gonna carry roof logs?"

" This is gonna be carrying, yeah I see. The part of the second floor coming with this joint, coming across this right here what we're going into this."

" Yeah."

" [unk], which goes across this way."

" Yeah."

" We'll also have the roof coming down on top of."

" Correct."

" You do not see the entire roof log----"

" Yeah."

" because you can spread it out some."

" And it's---- What about 10 or 12 feet?"

" This is, yeah, 11-foot."

" Yeah."

" 11-foot 10."

" Okay, it's not over to you?"

" No, I don't think---- and probably a 3 or 2 by 10 might very well do it----"

" Yeah."

" but this is, we're on the safe side, doing a safe thing [unk]."

" This was not a waste of money. How much money did this cost?"

" This is 96 dollars in change."

" Primo, yeah, why not? Okay. So, you're just in the process of bolting it together here right?"

" Okay."

" You [unk]. Go in."

" Right."

" Okay, let's do it here. Yeah. Okay, with the hangers in placed up here on out header, we're getting all of our second floors really secured."

" Okay, the first wrap is ready to go upstairs."

" So, put down."

" Okay, got it."

" Got it?"

" Yeah. And we always nail the bottom down first to make sure it doesn't fly away on its own."

" Alright."

" [unk]."

" Okay, I got it."

" It's good up here."

" Okay, there goes the last one. And we've got them checked in the place. We have to put 4 or 6-penny common nails or spikes as they're called. Up at the top there at the ridge and 4 more here at the bottom, at the crow's foot and then, they'll be secure."

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