After getting the Mag Drill we finished off cutting the angled ends of the beam ties.
Beam-ties-all-angles-sawn
Then we started marking and drill holes in the beams outside. The beams will have hundreds of holes in them, but only about 50 of larger holes need to accurately positioned. After marking out the position of the holes which will be used to attach the beam ties, we stated drilling them with the mag drill. We finished 20 of them before it got dark (at 5pm!).
First-holes-in-a-beam
We have ordered 2 powerful floodlights to help illuminate the house whilst we work on it.