Hello guys, nice, nice,
it looks like I'm pretty right on my choice then
My braces are inside the barn right now, they are dryer every day but how dry, time will tell! I guess they will be dry enough to scribbe them when mounting the bent on the floor as one of you mentionned. Also for the brace specifications, let's see, maybe I can join a sketchup, but I need to check how it works first..
I have 3 bents spaced 10'. My braces lenght is about 42" in first floor.
I have one center post connected to the tie beam and two queen post connected to the collar tie, so in total 4 braces for the first floor and two for the second (braces are a bit shorter on the second floor, about 34").
my center post is 7" x"7 so I'm limited for the braces depth if i want some wood left to support the compression without having braces pushing on each others. if you know what i mean... the same situation in between bents for the second one since I'm using 7" x 10" exterior posts.
I'm considering seriously those details since I'm building in the Lofoten islands in the north of Norway ,and let's say that it can be very windy up here since they are big mountains opened on the atlantic ocean.
