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That's a good insight you have, my appreciation for your advise! Yes, those lumbers are taken nowadays from younger trees, and curve easier than before. I got plenty of these 2x4 joists, enought o have one each 13.5 inches apart. On the one long side, there is a shelf with its own beams that...

Hi, I am intending to build a mezzanine, using ltreated umber (not steel). The main beams (legs and frame) would be so-called 4x4 beams (in reality 3.5x3.5), and the beams inside the frame that carries the deck would be 68 inch long, 3.75 inch tall, and 1.75 inch wide ( = 2x4x68). The...

Hi, I just arrived here, and want to use this opportunity to say "Hi" to this community and introduce me briefly here. I am from Berlin, Germany in Europe, but live in Jamaica. I am not so young anymore, rather older. I searched online for advises how to build a mezzanine, and found a thread...