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Bracket for holding a pipe in position during the pouring of a concrete foundation and thereafter serving as a nail shield for the pipe and/or as a structural tie or strap in constructing a wall on the foundation. The bracket has an upright base engagable with an inner face of a form board, and first and second flanges extending in opposite directions from the base for engagement with an upper edge of the form board and with the pipe, with the first flange being bendably attached to the base in a manner permitting it to be bent from a horizontal position perpendicular to the pipe to an upright, shielding position parallel to the pipe. The bracket is attached to the form board with the first flange in its horizontal position on top of the board, and the pipe is attached to the second flange, with a portion of the pipe extending above the form board. Concrete is poured to the top of the form board and allowed to set. The fasteners securing the upper flange to the form board are removed, the form board is stripped away from the concrete, and the upper flange of the bracket is bent from the horizontal position to the upright position. A bottom plate for a wall is installed on top of the concrete along the side of the foundation, with the pipe extending through an opening in the bottom plate and the upright flange extending along a side edge of the bottom plate adjacent to the opening to provide a nail shield for the pipe. The flange is affixed to the bottom plate on opposite sides of the opening to tie the bottom plate together across the opening.
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