The method, step by step
Every edge follows the same path: drawings and guide first, then the substrate, then the fasteners, then the record.
Where the wood is rotten or the anchorage is not designed, the method stops and the designer is told.
A flow chart of ten numbered steps. 1 read the spec, approved drawings and guide. 2 expose the existing wood. 3 a decision: rot, splits, or corroded or missing fasteners? Yes leads to stop and tell the designer, then replace to the design and come back. No continues to 4 check nailer size and height, 5 confirm the anchorage design exists; if it does not, a red arrow leads to the same stop. 6 choose fasteners for the wood, 7 isolate the metal from treated wood or use compatible metal, 8 set the cleat at the detail height, 9 fasten to the printed pattern, 10 inspect and record.
- 1
- Read the spec, the approved shop drawings and the edge maker's guide
- 2
- Expose and inspect the existing nailer (re-roof)
- 3
- Rot, splits, or corroded or missing fasteners? Yes: stop, tell the designer, replace to the design
- 4
- Check thickness, flush height, width past the flange and coverage over the wall face
- 5
- Confirm the engineer's anchorage design is on the drawings. No design: stop, tell the designer
- 6
- Choose fasteners for the wood: the maker's, or the code list for treated wood
- 7
- Metal against treated wood: isolate it, or use metal compatible with the wood, as the maker requires (Drexel's note 1 requires a membrane)
- 8
- Set the cleat at the height the detail shows
- 9
- Fasten to the maker's printed pattern, closer at corners
- 10
- Inspect, photograph and record