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HotRod,
I used to frame houses with my father through when I was going through school. He used to build about 1 house per year as a side job/project/hobby. It was always my job to use the nail gun (my father and his partner would layout the walls and help square everything up), and lets just say I could never follow the studs properly. I used to get chewed out for missing the studs with the nails as the building paper was applied to the walls while is was on the ground.
I was never officially told what nailing pattern to use. I would just throw a bunch of nails into the sheathing. Now that I am on the other side of the coin I know the importance of what I was doing back then.
I used to frame houses with my father through when I was going through school. He used to build about 1 house per year as a side job/project/hobby. It was always my job to use the nail gun (my father and his partner would layout the walls and help square everything up), and lets just say I could never follow the studs properly. I used to get chewed out for missing the studs with the nails as the building paper was applied to the walls while is was on the ground.
I was never officially told what nailing pattern to use. I would just throw a bunch of nails into the sheathing. Now that I am on the other side of the coin I know the importance of what I was doing back then.
Alistair_Heaton
Mechanical
That roof wouldn't survive a week in Shetland in Scotland.....
the locals sun bath behind stone walls because the wind is so high.
They have a tree next to the church called Da Tree. Its the tallest on the island at 12 ft tall and only survives because of the church acting as a wind break.
the locals sun bath behind stone walls because the wind is so high.
They have a tree next to the church called Da Tree. Its the tallest on the island at 12 ft tall and only survives because of the church acting as a wind break.
MacGyverS2000
Electrical
Is that why Shetland ponies are so small, so they don't get blown over? ![[bigsmile]](/data/assets/smilies/bigsmile.gif "[bigsmile] [bigsmile]")
Dan - Owner
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Alistair_Heaton
Mechanical
Sheep get blown over.
To be fair same thing happens in Uist and Benbecular as well.
here is the local wind scale
To be fair same thing happens in Uist and Benbecular as well.
here is the local wind scale
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"Skippers of Hjaltland/Hrossey..."
Fond memories of the catering staff on Hrossey sprinting towards my elderly father at breakfast time on a rough crossing a couple of summers ago as he set off across the middle of the floor in search of porridge. They weren't to know that a rolling deck is about the only place he doesn't fall over.
Fond memories of the catering staff on Hrossey sprinting towards my elderly father at breakfast time on a rough crossing a couple of summers ago as he set off across the middle of the floor in search of porridge. They weren't to know that a rolling deck is about the only place he doesn't fall over.
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