Drilling bolt holes to mount the base plate to the deck.The bolt holes and surrounding deck are vacuumed out for the clean air-tight connection required of the Passive House.

Glulam base plate ready to be mounted to the deck with four 5/8″ lag bolts.Pre-filling the bolt holes with Locktite Premium PL adhesive.Sealing the perimeter of the mounting plate with OSI SF-450 adhesive.Attaching the lag bolts.Glulam base plate sealed and attached in place.Showing the connection points at the base of the glulam.