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Eli Yoder Construction · Issue #349-min read

Why We Raise a Barn Wall Before the Roof Ever Comes Off the Ground

Most folks frame a wall flat on the deck and then wonder why it fights them going up. The Amish way starts a full day earlier, and it has nothing to do with muscle. The trick is in how you set your bottom plate and where you park your pry bars before a single nail goes in, because once that wall starts to lift...

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