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We have to do something before we get much farther and I really should have
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explained this in the last video but that's okay we're still alright. You notice we haven't got all the sheathing on. Look right here see what this is
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This is the seam between the two top plates. This one here 16 foot long, this
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This one is eight foot long, and we need to now put on the top plate of the wall before
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we put the sheathing on, and here's why. If you don't have this top plate on, and when you go to lift the wall up, because the people
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lifting the wall are not going to be lifting at the same time, I guarantee you this seam's
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going to come apart. And by putting on the top plate now, it locks it in place
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it's critical and I used a 16 foot long 2x4 here so it's going back 8 feet this
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way and it's gonna go 8 feet that direction we're gonna be in great shape one little tip though come here and look at this come down here you'll have to
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get down pretty low to see this one notice I didn't take this top plate all
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the way to the end this one and you know what that distance is let me show you you just so happens that it three and a half inches And you know the reason why It because the double top plate from this south wall has got to overlap on top of this wall so
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when you cross those, that way it locks the corners together. So I made sure that this
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top plate started 3.5 inches back from this edge. Don't make that mistake. Don't bring
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that top plate all the way to the end. You won't have a strong connection at the top of your walls
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We just have to do that, put on the pieces of sheathing, and we're going to be tilting this wall up
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