Every time you put something on the ground a decay timer starts. Except single player, all the online servers have decay timer. So help your self carrying a repair hammer too, while holding it you will be able to see the decay timer.

Generally yes.
The more the building pieces the greater the timer. The higher the tier the less building pieces you need to achieve the highest decay limit.
So…
1 Repair hammer
2 place your distant “tools” on a building construction.
The same will happen with wheel of pain for example.

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