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The L girder also has an advantage over a piece of solid timber of the same overall dimensions because the thickness of the timber that you have to screw through in order to attach it to the rest of the layout is much less.
As with screwing the L girder directly to the wall the screws should be put in through the width of the long side of the L girder.
An L girder crossmember sits on top of the frame and except in the case of an L girder attached to a wall projects some distance (6" - 10") beyond the L girder.