this is what a lot of people would do
when they install in LVL when they're
putting two or three together but the
problem here is what this to the average
person seems right but if you were to
take the ovo and look down it from the
end all the way down you would see that
these bows are being held in position
because they're both exactly the same in
order to straighten this out it seems
like you're doing the opposite but this
is really the better way to do it you
have to make sure that your crown is
always facing up which we have marked
right here we're going to flip this lvl
so that both poles are opposite to each
other put it back now that both ends are
tight you can see that there's a gap in
the middle that's because both bows are
opposing each other right now but when
you take your clamp both layers are
pressing together will create an actual
straight beam and once I nail this
properly they will not come apart and
this will be a straight lvl for a wall
and the reason we're going through this
effort right now is because if they were
both crowning in the same direction and
we nailed that together that would
really enhance that crown and when you
get to your drywall stage and you put
your drywall on there you're really
going to see a wave in that board and we
don't want that our beam is a five and a
quarter lvl Ryan will be nailing them
approximately every six inches so what I
like to do is tack it make sure as you
go along it's pulled together tight
flush pack it again
so now that your LVL is talked you can
go back and complete each row all the
way long if you don't do this all the
time and you're not able to gauge
distance by eye
make yourself some marks and nail it
that way you soak them in broccoli when
you're using an air driven nail as the
compressor gets low on air it will not
always sink the nail so make sure that
you go back all your nails are installed
properly look at how straight that is
now that's a straight beam
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