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photo taken by oli
This was unconventional, to say the least. It took some jiggery-pokery cutting the joists to fit into the joist hangers and then trying to line everything up when it was all at 45 degrees. But, the hardest part was actually screwing the supporting beam to the roof with 3 1/2' screws as we didn't have a drill bit to make any sensible pilot holes.
HOW TO: Hang a floor from a roof pitched at 45 degrees
  1. Delegate.
  2. Find something else to do suspiciously far away.
images copyright 2004–15 oli stewart, dan hetherington, jon mcintosh, bex mcintosh, nicki goh, sally skinner, jo dakar and jane fielding. radio copyright 2011 cbc. newspaper article copyright 2011 halifax chronicle herald. video copyright 2006–12 ed owles, jon mcintosh, oli stewart, dan hetherington and cbc. painting copyright 2015 jack barker.