Oh, never mind that trivia. What did he feed the workers for
lunch?

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"DerbyDad03" wrote in message
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I've been watching the progress of a house build that a
co-worker is
going through via pictures that he is taking.

I've been able to explain to him just about everything that
the
builder is doing except for this:

On both sides of most large exterior openings (large
windows, patio
door, etc) there is a short, horizontal length of a 2 x 4
spanning the
interior side of 2 studs with a bolt through the sheathing
and 2 x 4,
secured with a lever nut (similar to the link below) on the
2 x 4
side.

http://www.mini-lathe.com/Mini_lathe..._nut_lever.jpg

These braces appear to be holding the sheathing against the
exterior
of the studs. Were these braces installed prior to nailing
and have
simply just not yet been removed or do they serve some other
purpose -
like wind load protection or something like that until the
house is
closed up?

Thanks!