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positioned. The other place that needs special attention is

the opposite end of the floor seam. It must be straddled

by a stave. You must avoid having the floor seam line up

directly with a seam between staves. Make sure that the

floor seam is no closer than about one inch to the seam

between the stave that straddles it and its neighboring

stave.

Insert the final stave. It will be somewhat tight. You might

have to tap the surrounding few staves outward and apart

slightly to make enough room to slide the final stave down

into place and get it's dado over the edge of the floor (Fig

7.2 - 7.4).

Fig. 7.2

Fig. 7.3

Fig. 7.4

Section 8: Compression Straps

Time needed: approximately 15 minutes

Once all the staves are in place you are ready for the

bottom compression strap. Locate the aluminum alloy

compression straps. They supply the external force

needed to bind the staves and floor together into a rigid

water-tight tub.

Locate the three sets of 12"x ½" stainless steel threaded

rods and nuts for tightening the straps. Assemble the

strap, threaded rod and nuts off the tub, and slip the

assembly over the top. Rotate it around the tub until the

tightening hardware is where you want it to be when

finished. Measure 2" from the bottom of the staves to the

bottom of the strap (it is important to position the centre

of the strap directly over the centre of the dado), and turn

the nuts with a ¾" wrench until the strap is just snug

enough so that it will stay in place.

Assemble the other straps, and slip them into place with

their tightening hardware rotated so that it is offset from

the one below as shown in Fig. 8.1. Snug them up as

before just enough so that they won't slide out of position.

Fig. 8.1 Proper placements of straps and bolts. Note how

bolts straddle a seam between staves and are staggered.

As with the bottom band, measure 2" from the edge of the

staves to the edge of the band. This is not as crucial as the

precise positioning of the bottom band, but for symmetry,

make it the same distance from the ends of the staves.