In glorious sunshine, we finished off the final wall sections to complete the circuit of the whole house. Wall’s “B”, “C”, “D” and “E”, I.e. the Front Door and Entertainment Room Extension and the Utility Room, which had a total of 20 Legs to trim, glue and nail into place. The ready-made composite top-plates were put into place as well for wall “B”, “D” and “E” because they had sticking out bits for extended porches.
Wall-B-Framed
Walls-C-D-Framed
Wall-E-Framed and Shaun playing 'King of the Castle'
So in 4 days, we mounted 104 Legs, traversing a distance of about 77 metres, fired well over 1000 90mm nails, used 4 tubes of the special waterproof glue and a dozen 150mm long screws to build the framework of our External Wall!
The next job will be to ensure that all the 14 sections of the walls are perfectly vertical, put in the 14 corners, maybe the window and door lintels and frames too, and then start fixing up the 10mm thick cement boards.