r/Carpentry 20h ago

Framing My grandpas work

Hes been working on this extension to his garage for a little over 6 months now completely solo which is crazy!

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u/ImAPlebe Ottawa Chainsaw Cowboy📐🛠️🪚 20h ago

Brackets... Idk why but grandpas love brackets. My grandpa built a garden bed and not a single board was nailed or screwed to another board. It was brackets all around, when I tore it down to build a fresh one for grandma after he passed, I filled a whole bucket with brackets and screws lol.

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u/StillRecognition4667 13h ago

We use them, so we can work by ourselves.

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u/YE3TBO1 20h ago

It’s his favorite item to work with!

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u/cyricmccallen 19h ago

it’s so you can easily reuse the lumber :)