Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Aug 31, 2014 9:03 am I wanted to build a wine rack in the space above my fridge (see attached picture) but I am unsure as to what join needs to be done for the criss-cross of the timber supports? Any advice greatly appreciated. https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t34.0-12/10643444_526913010788708_302707340_n.jpg?oh=0bd6866fbc995c0fde28671b9158f6c5&oe=5403DA03&__gda__=1409563356_96e462cc87f49e26936332e2f2cf6012 Re: Advice on a wine rack 2Aug 31, 2014 10:41 am Each piece ( if they have used real timber in the photo ) would need to be half-housed into each other. If the timber used is say 20mm thick then each piece would need to be housed 10mm into the other. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halved_joint There are other ways like dowelled joints too or using small nails to simply pin the smaller lengths in between the longer strips but the half housed joint is what I would use. Stewie Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 18167 Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 6917 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 7014 |