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collar tie

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collar tie
In wood roof construction, a timber which prevents the roof framing from changing its shape.


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s were susceptible to structural weaknesses since collar ties during that time were cut short.
With that and the collar ties that needed to go through the wall itself, Amy and Jeff stopped using the forms and hand-built the wall around the collar ties and over the plywood form used to create the archway.
 
 
 
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