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Summary: Learn about lumber to use for building a gazebo, wood stain, brackets, plywood and screws in this free construction video.
Charlie has been a general partner for NorAz Outdoor Furniture since 1998. Before joining NorAz, Charlie earned himself a reputation early in life as the person you call for any job,...read more
"Hi! Welcome back to Expert Village. My name is Charlie Folkman and today we are going to continue building our gazebo. Now that we have all of our materials it is time to start building. Now that we are back from the lumberyard, let's go over our materials. We have eight 4x4 8 foot length posts, two 1/2 inch thick 4 ft. by 8 ft. plywood, we have twelve 1x2 firing strips. We are going to need five 4 ft. by 8 ft. wood lattices, twelve 8 ft. 2x4's, some Latex gloves, come color stain, rags for the stain and a 6 ft. by 9 ft. drop cloth. We are also going to need sixteen L brackets for our beams and a box of 1 5/8 inch wood screws. "
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