by bmurphy@paragon-cs.com | Dec 28, 2022 | Construction, Post and Beam
This afternoon I achieved some moderate success. Months ago I bought a common wormdrive Skilsaw for a specific purpose — to use with a Prazi beam cutter. I’ve never owned a Prazi and to be honest I was a little intimidated. This special built tool...
by bmurphy@paragon-cs.com | Nov 26, 2022 | Construction, Post and Beam
We have begun work on the shed. In this case, the shed was going where an old metal shed had been previously. The metal shed had been removed before we started. On this site, we had the constraints of a pretty large tree and two fence lines. Since these fence lines...
by bmurphy@paragon-cs.com | Nov 5, 2022 | Construction, Post and Beam
The moisture of the drying lumber continues to drop. Most of the outer wood is down to acceptable ranges (12% or below) with the outliers being around 15%. The stack of drying lumber is about five feet high and six feet across. Just a small note about that .. not...
by bmurphy@paragon-cs.com | Nov 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Just a few days ago we made an offer on a small piece of land just a few miles from where we live. The offer has been accepted and if it works out then I’ll be building a small post and beam house on the property that we will either live in or rent (not decided...
by bmurphy@paragon-cs.com | Jul 30, 2022 | Construction, Post and Beam
Now that I have the wood stacked and drying (https://mytimberhome.com/2022/07/23/the-next-project-a-12×14-post-and-beam-shed/) I am beginning what seems like the eternal process – the measuring of the wood for moisture levels. For this I use a tool commonly...
