I have a lot of 2.4m lengths of 45mm x 95mm treated C16 stuff which I want to use to build a shed floor frame/base. On top, they will have 18mm OSB3.
The shed is to be about 4m x 3.5m so none of the timber is long enough in either dimension. Is there a decent enough way to splice this stuff together - some kind of half lap joint plus sandwiching more wood onto either side of each joint and screwing (or even bolting) through all three pieces?
Or instead of a half lap, is there any value in making an easier cut like this and screwing along the arrow lines?
Needless to say, the positions of these joints (whatever form they take) will be positioned over a support (block, adjustable riser, whatever I use).
Bear in mind that I'm not very neat with a hand saw and my only power saw is a sliding mitre.
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Or is the proper thing in this situation to make multiple pieces of frame and then join them together? Like this:
The shed is to be about 4m x 3.5m so none of the timber is long enough in either dimension. Is there a decent enough way to splice this stuff together - some kind of half lap joint plus sandwiching more wood onto either side of each joint and screwing (or even bolting) through all three pieces?
Or instead of a half lap, is there any value in making an easier cut like this and screwing along the arrow lines?
Needless to say, the positions of these joints (whatever form they take) will be positioned over a support (block, adjustable riser, whatever I use).
Bear in mind that I'm not very neat with a hand saw and my only power saw is a sliding mitre.
EDIT:
Or is the proper thing in this situation to make multiple pieces of frame and then join them together? Like this:
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