Today, we worked on the Kerb framework of the Skylight, starting early at 9am and worked until 4pm when the rain (as predicted) came in quite hard. We got a bit wet at the end there – grin!
First of all, we cut up the thin 30mm thick polystyrene foam pieces and slid them into the gaps along the wider steel I-Beams sections as this is enclosed and can only be done before putting the timber piece on the top of the framework.
Insulation-inserted-in-gaps
Then, we put on the 69mm wide pieces of timber along these sections, gluing and screwing the plank down and squeezing in the plywood coverings to make it all flat and neat.
We worked our way around the wider steel I-Beams and then carried on onto the narrower I-Beams which has a vertical timber piece as the top plate. It is a 89mm CLS timber and we managed to do one side of the steel I-Beam (on the Loke side) before the rain came.
Top-pieces-added
Tomorrow, we will carry on around the end with these 89mm CLS timber and back up the other side plus the final piece at the end over in the Great Room. After that lot, we then can put on the outer 18mm OSB boards to cover up all the framework and present a neat clean facia, ready for our roof rafters to press up against it etc.