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re: Someone in Lake Charles got a pretty sick looking patio built * Update from owner pg 13 *

Posted on 6/8/21 at 1:35 pm to
Posted by stout
Smoking Crack with Hunter Biden
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 6/8/21 at 1:35 pm to
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My god. I’m not even sure how some of that framing is even supporting itself.



You mean you don't need 6 top plates and a 2x6 turned sideways to set rafters on? Rafters that don't even go all the way so rafter tails had to be added separately for the soffit and rascia?

Are you telling me the H style in between post support by a 2x4 wont last?

Hey, but at least he strapped it all together
Posted by BlackAdam
Member since Jan 2016
6462 posts
Posted on 6/8/21 at 4:04 pm to
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You mean you don't need 6 top plates


double top plate is good sextuple top plate is 3xs better.
Posted by RockinDood
Member since Aug 2020
923 posts
Posted on 6/13/21 at 7:14 pm to
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Are you telling me the H style in between post support by a 2x4 wont last?


But the wall says “Huh Huh Huh Huh,” probably the same noise that the entire structure will make next time a decent wind blows through. Over/under on time till collapse?
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