Pergola - DIY - 8 of 12 | Setting the Knee Braces - Timber Pergola Kit Installation How to

we're ready to do the put the new basis love we've got a three inch tax group that we use to tackle on the nature hold it center it up on on the first day and then just pull 3-inch tax screw and that's just going to really hold it in place until we're ready to put the put the lag get the lag in through such bigger holes and then we've got plugs for those as well once all the new braces are tacked and we've got the legs and got them plugged then we could take off the temporary braces here now that all the knee braces are tacked on here we'll go ahead and lag them with the big round make sure these knee braces are square and straight if your kit to pick your kit has been sitting for a while before you install it efforts after it's delivered one thing you may want to check is is the that long cut at the top or the sides of the knee braces may need to be trimmed just a little bit the other reason that would occur if this wasn't completely tight is that would probably be an indicator on your post wasn't completely level so that's as long as you're keeping everything square and level then the installation process will go really slick smooth head hammer and bed and found in your ear plug get the hippy waffle hammer it's gonna it's going to mark it up so once they're plugged both sides we'll go ahead and just touch them up with some sustain that we use in real even we leave the plug sticking out about a quarter of an inch

Channel: Western Timber Frame

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Length: 2min 59sec (179 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 20 2012