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DIY-centric Smart Designs

  • Designed from a  DIYer’s perspective.
  • DIY-Smart Brackets make work fast, easy, and safe.
  • DIY-Smart designs save effort, time, and reduce out of pocket costs drastically.
  • Precision brackets eliminate wood-joinery skills.
  • Highly detailed professional installation instructions are easy to follow by anyone.

Innovative Shapes

  • Novel hexagon shapes are unique and beautiful.
  • Bracket designs allow creation of complex shapes.
  • Highest quality materials, and workmanship.
  • Unlimited size flexibility to suit every need.
  • Complex wood joints made easy to create.
  • Available for 4×4 and 6×6 post sized structures.

High Quality Brackets

  • Engineered for high load capacity.
  • Precision engineered for consistent product quality.
  • 1/8″ thick high strength steel used on all brackets.
  • 60% thicker metal than competitors for high strength, durability, and long life.
  • High strength brackets create super-strong and permanent joints between lumber members.
  • Brackets allow easy creation of complex shapes.
  • Powder painted black for rust proofing.
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Hexagon Elbow Bracket

Hexagon Elbow Bracket
SKU # 6HL

  • Novel and patented unique DIY-friendly design allows any novice to create a beautiful hexagon shaped outdoor living space.
  • 2-way 60-degree heavy duty hexagon elbow bracket for 6×6 size lumber members.
  • Designed to create a strong 60-degree joint between two 6×6 lumber members and attach them to the end of a third 6×6 post.
  • Primarily to be used to create a hexagon shape or partial hexagon shape.
  • Highest quality materials and workmanship for high durability and long life.
    Smart DIY design allows easy, accurate, and safe assembly work.
  • Open U-channels allow easy and safe placement of header.
  • Decorative laser cut profiles provide refined aesthetics.
    Designed to create a permanent and strong 2-way 60-degree joints between two 6×6 members.
  • Can be use anywhere a strong 2-way joint is required.
    Can be positioned in any orientation.
  • 8-3/4” deep tube slides over any 6×6 post end.
    Allows bracket to be moved up or down at post ends for height adjustment, if necessary.
  • Heavy welded-on gussets under U-channel provides high load resistance and sway resistance. Eliminates the need for lumber gussets at corners.
    Predrilled 7/16” holes present, 2 holes in each vertical face of U-channels, for securing headers to the bracket using 3/8”X 2” Lag Screws.
  • Four 5/16” holes present in two vertical tube walls to secure post to the bracket using 3/8”X 2” Lag Screws.
  • 1/8” high strength steel, fully welded construction.
  • Black powder painted for corrosion resistance.

Specifications

Length =15-7/8″
Width = 15-7/8″
Height = 11-1/4″
Weight = 17.2 lbs.
Steel Thickness: 1/8″
Paint Type: Powder Paint
Paint Color: Black

Post Top Rafter Tie Bracket

Post Top Rafter Tie Bracket
SKU # PTRT

  • Made to secure a 2×6 or 2×8 rafter to the top of each post.
  • Highest quality materials and workmanship for high durability and long life.
  • Smart DIY design allows easy and accurate assembly work and precise positioning.
  • 1/8” high strength steel, welded construction.
  • Black powder painted for rust proofing for lifetime.
  • Can be spray painted over, using exterior paints.
    (Qty 6) 1/4″ X 1-1/4″ Hex Hd lag screws included to secure the bracket to post top and rafter to the bracket.
  • Easy to follow, highly detailed animated installation instructions are available.

Specifications

Length = 3-7/8″
Width = 3-1/2″
Height = 2-3/4″
Weight = 0.7 lbs.
Steel Thickness: 1/8″
Paint Type: Powder Paint
Paint Color: Black

Hexagon Cross Tie Bracket

Hexagon Cross Tie Bracket
SKU # H-CT

This is a novel bracket designed to connect two roof deck support cross tie beams to the main hexagon rafters.

The Hexagon Cross Tie Bracket is designed to attach to the bottom and side surfaces of the main hexagon rafters and provide two cross tie receiver U-channels at precise angles.

These brackets simplify addition of the cross tie beams at perfect angles to form decorative deck support structures in a perfect hexagon shape.

The cross tie bracket attaches to the rafter’s bottom and side surfaces using four (4) 1/4″ x 1-1/4″ lag screws.

The high strength design of this bracket holds the cross tie support beams securely.

The Hexagon Cross Tie Bracket’s arms have upward facing open U-channels to easily receive 2×6 or 2×8 cross tie beams. Each cross tie beam is secured to the U-channel with two (2) 1/4″ x 1-1/4″ lag screws.

Specifications

Length = 6″
Width = 6-3/4″
Height = 2″
Weight = 1.3 lbs.
Steel Thickness: 1/8″
Paint Type: Powder Paint
Paint Color: Black

Hexagon Spider Bracket

Hexagon Spider Bracket
SKU # H-SPD

  • A novel 6-way spider hub design which makes it simple to create a super-strong compressive joint between 6 rafters pitched at 20 degree angles.
  • The one and only DIY-Smart design ever created to allow DIYers to easily build a grand solid roofed hexagon outdoor living structure easily, fast, and for 1/4 the cost of contracted labor.
  • The hexagon Spider Bracket is designed to resist compressive loads at the peak of the hexagon roof. The high strength design of this bracket resists compressive loads applied by each rafter and permanently supports all 8 rafters.
  • The hexagon Spider Brackets arms have upward facing open U-channels to easily receive 2×6 or 2×8 rafters. Each rafter is secured to the U-channel with four (5) 1/4″ x 1-1/4″ lag screws.

Specifications

Length = 21-5/8″
Width = 19-3/4″
Height = 6-7/8″
Weight = 14.8 lbs.
Steel Thickness: 1/8″
Paint Type: Powder Paint
Paint Color: Black