Saturday, February 8, 2014

Building the Cabin Ceiling with Plywood, Epoxy and Screws.

After the epoxy on the beams was cured it was time to put two layers of plywood over the beams. You can see the first layer above.  Epoxy is applied first to the supporting beams, then to the edge of the installed plywood, then to the edge of the next sheet of plywood and to the seam material that goes between the plywood pieces. 
The next step is to lay in the adjacent piece of plywood and cinch everything tight with tiedowns (the red straps).  Once everything is positioned correctly, the panels are screwed into place. There are about 32 screws per piece of plywood. RECALL, THE CABIN GETS TWO LAYERS OF PLYWOOD. All in all, about 500 stainless steel screws were required to install the cabin ceiling. 

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