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where can i find on the net specs for the correct nails when building in south east qld ?

it will be a special run and i have asked for it to be within the legal moisture content range but will try to acclimatise it on site b4 installation...i am just a bit suss on what to expect knowing...

hi again, its cypress 110 by 20 straight from the mill, and will be fitted to pine battens and the roof space is about 300 mm under a low pitched tin roof. the home owner intends to put a clear...

i ended up speaking to loads of people includeing tech and reps and ended up with....about townsville and north some people lay it foil up and i can only assume that because of the heat the wool is...

i can understand tidy nailing left/right triple grips by hand where they will be seen but for joist hangers and hidden situations the gun is the only way to go! pretty freaky how someone could...

i just had a yarn with a derelict old builder friend of mine who told me to put the blanket down foil up so the cond between it and the roof sheeting runs straight into the gutter rather than into...

imagine zincalume sitting on top of wool/foil blanket that sits on top of timber battens on top of 230 mm rafters. and then fixed to the underside of the rafters 35 mm ceing battens with either...

anyone competent between 25-50 keen to do some paid work can give me a call 0413 256 270

very hard to get neat straight lines with the staggered pattern. surely the old straight line nailing will not split the joist and can be relied upon to hold the decking down well with sensible pre...

thanks all, i ended up useing the specificly engineered 10 mm thick gal big gee complete with the stupid looking attachment for the base of it...approx 160-170 bucks each!!! for those curious, dont...

2, u style or t style galv post support brackets for 6 m high 200 mm hwd posts are required. big gee dont have anything, and its a classy job i dont want to b useing my grinder to modify an...

baz, how do you fix the decking to the steel joists?

just as importantly, the pine has excessive expansion and shrinkage, looks horrible and buckles terribly

GROOVES DOWN...the way it was always meant to be...also,a knock on the surface of the smooth face is less likely to damage/splinter as if it were laid the upside down.....but if anyone insists on...

i have nailed bearers together too but in size rangeing fromm cca 190 by 35 up to kd hardwood 240 by 35......knotty 100 by 50 sounds rather rude doesnt it....you really have to wonder about the...

which is going to last longer [assuming both unpainted]?

its for a new bathroom....bayside..........thanks, russ

most of the current deck will be fixed conventionally, but there is a small section that needs the bracket style...hopeing its still available....havent heard about it 4 a while..........russ

thanks, got onto doing the job b4 i read ur reply, i ended up useing 5o mm stainless decking ringshanks that i had in stock...smaller head size than the clouts i had in mind and at about only 800-900...

the 150 mm cover treated pine boards are 19 mm thick and will be fixed to a pine frame with my coilgun....the nails are hot dipp gal 50 mm ringshanks....apart from upsetting the painter bcause of the...

i could have done a lot better with my original description...the distance from the base of the pier to the underside of roof beam is about 5 metres.... the steel post is only about 4 metres, cleated...

picture a 100 mm steel post approx 3 m tall supporting the roof over the front entry of a queensland home.now build a 350 brick pier or 390 c section besser block pier around it but only about 2 m...

i have been doing more decks with the coilgun lately and always use the specified stainless ringshanks for pine...screwshanks for hardwood. but i recently ran across someone doing a heap of work...

dont really want to buy a heap. just need a couple of coils to fix battens to rafters...originally intended to just use grey batten screws but if i can hold em down with the gun that would be...

i guess if i could comment on a carpenters approach to a task, i would have to say that we try to be well equipped with adequate scaffolding, well maintained quality equipment, and careful planning,...

i ask because of the need to provide adequate training. most of my carpentry contract work involves residential eaves lining/exterior cladding, decks. i am looking for framing/finishing contractors...

would suit 15-17 yr old, switched on individual,preferebly with some manual arts and/or post high school experience.....0413 256 270

i have a coiled frameing gun and a coil clout gun. with wire collation, flying particles are going to be common. glasses are a must. and though i have never seen sparks from paper collated senco type...

even in a non loadbearing wall situation ,eg gable, i have always set studs up at 450 spaceing... today i noticed on another site, someone setting them out at about 7-800 spaceing. surely even 600 is...

didnt realise the lack of clarity in my statement... i do sub contract residential carpentry ,staircases, pergolas and decks , and am contemplating offering an carpentry apprenticeship to my TA.or...

thinking of different options, would like some correspondence with somebody already employing an apprentice, re, working conditions, responsibilities, tafe time , govt incentive schemes...etc

on my finisher, since i have bent the contacts inside the battery housing with a screwdriver to provide more contact pressure, i have no more battery contact probs,, but you need to do this...

jackskin, prepare to have to keep the annoying rubber buffer on the tip of the finisher unless u are willing to put up with bruised timber due to how hard you must push the gun against the work. i...

for latches or striker plates with rounded corners where its difficult to check in neatly with a conventional chisel...a 3-6mm piece of steel rod or ideally screwdriver with a busted tip can b ground...

hi, i have always pre drilled hwd decking and hand nailed it with gals into hwd joists. [staggering the nails on each board to prevent joist splitting].. now that i will be doing some work with...

i also freaked at the thought of a highspan in an exterior situation,but good to hear there is a treated exterior approved version...when i think about the left over highspan joists laying in the...

well, maybe, fixer, you could tell me why my framer only drives a nail every second time, the pin is always hanging out the nose.. its just not returning behind the head of the nail as it...

whenever i hear this i feel compelled to say...if you use petrol or a flammable liquid to disolve the glue, keep smokers away !....i knew a tiler who is now dead because of this :(

exactly echidna, i alone cannot set a price.i am one of many thousands of carpenters, if am constantly snowed under with to much work i'm probably too cheap, if i am only working 4 days a week i'm...

thanks 2 all for your ideas

mick or thommos advice is the most likely to get you out of trouble, i know a couple of times i have realised i'm short accidentally and have had to buy or borrow from a nearby site to get me going...

yrs ago i remember using 65 gals instead of 50's when fixing decking to treated pine joists. remembering that i'm nailing it off by hand[for strength and appearance] am i better to stick with what...

duckman, regarding skewing at odd angles, is it because the safety wasnt fully to the rear due to a part of the head contacting the job? and if so i may have to modify/add something to make it more...

hi,during soffit work i shoot 50 by 40 pine onto mosty pine[except when i hit a kd window head] house frames. i am currently running a senco with the air down fairly low. i am seriously contemplating...

9 inch powersaw, sanding disc on a 9 inch grinder and then a belt sander to get it looking oh so nice and neat!

thanks bob, all sounds very savage, can think of other tools and uses

ok, and does it relate to using the sandpaper on a flat surface as described in the other thread, or is the term applied to just standard oilstone honing?

is there something scary about it?

though its not the ideal method, if i'm in a hurry to fix a chipped chisel and a 4 in or 9 in grinder is all i have with me, a good tip is to remember that to avoid overheating the tip...place a...