Getting the right connection
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Hugh Mansfield-Williams, Technical Manager of TRADA Technology and co-author of TRADA Technology's recently published Concise Illustrated guide to timber connections, explains some of the things you will need to consider when it comes to timber connections.
Article from In Touch with Timber Magazine ITWT Issue 10 (Winter 2012)
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