💀 Overkill or Awesome…?

💀 Some are saying this is overkill but as a homeowner I’d be pumped to see this extra effort on my build.

This video was posted by: @brick_house_design_build

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[connorfarrell]

Dude went back down the ladder and then spent the next 30 minutes looking for those bolts

[Saturn_Sky]

I once heard, you can over secure something as many times as you want, but you can only under secure it ONCE!

[RickF]

Now I could be mistaken, but I believe the metal strap that is installed is called a tie down. It's purpose to to keep high winds from blowing it away. It is not for support. The beam is supported by the post it is sitting on top of.

[MessedUpBrainspike]

The word "galvanized" has thoroughly rotted my brain as of late

[ToxicMothBoi]

Y'know, Galvinized bolts go really well with galvanized square steel beams😂

[NunYaBeesNurse]

Traditional hand joiner here - the beam resting on the post is far stronger than what the brackets will contribute because it will only bs as strong as the screws (they are not theough bolts) will hold. In the even there is stress on that bracket in the direction of gravity, the screws will be the load bearer. In that scenario, the over engineering will not make a difference because if the beam is no longer sitting on the post, the bracket is not sufficient anyway.

The screws will only increase the risk of wood rot or splitting in the worst possible spot.

[scary_creeper]

Who else has a ptsd episode after he said galvanized

[Tvoumat]

"Galvanized" immediately triggers my brain

[Mebeknob]

Honestly my engineering degree was basically convincing my brain to sleep poorly at night.
My gut agrees with you, but my engineering brain says it’s a waste.

[Breennan]

Engineering wise its doing almost nothing structurally. What it would do is hold everything together a bit better in the event someone drove into that 8x8, but that's about it.

[tiagolorenzo]

"Galvanized bolts" *song starts playing* GET OUT OF MY HEAD

Edit: i got recommended this video yet again

[Neptunianwave]

Make sure to use galvanized square steel and Eco friendly wood veneer and secure it with screws borrowed from aunt

[MoonPump]

As a welder I built my outside deck out of 12” C Channel and 6x6 steel post with everything welded not bolted. All angle clips that held all 2x6 deck boards (not the top finished ones) were all welded in as well. My deck can hold a
Car and 20 people lol

[tomiding]

The thing is: the beam lays on the post. The force is completely carried by the post. The fixing only needs to prevent the beam from slipping of the post. That’s not necessary at all

[PhantomXero]

I legitimately thought those bolts were exposed smurf pipes running through that beam and thought "HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT PASS CITY INSPECTION?!"

[alexistaylor]

Meanwhile 4 year old me helping my dad and putting in 2 extra screws on each floor board and watching him use just one screw for each post on the roof, and it still stand solid as a rock 30 years later through 13 tropical storms and a downburst on the other side of the dirt road in front of the house.

[clayed]

The hurricane bracket will resist uplift better than The Simpsons angle bracket

[midiibim]

The brackets you want to install are pointless… the wood is already resting on the post… that’s why lateral stability is necessary, and the existing brackets already provide that.

[martinscholer]

It is useless, because the force is transferred wood to wood. The big bolts only make the wood more prone to split. Somtimes more is less.

[technodruid]

Overkill doesnt pay off. I built pur deck 15 years ago as code required. Its been through a tornado, a derecho, an ice storm, and countless parties. Crawled under it this past summer to inspect it and its just as good as the day she was built.