Snow Has Stop Play! Again!
We have a thick layer of snow over everything! It is minus four degrees Celsius (-4oC)!! (the garage) (down the garden) The concrete floor slab has a thick layer of…
Building Inspector Approves!
Our building control inspector came today to take a look at our Garage. He was checking the structural and quality of work! His words were “I am very happy with…
Half a Roof!
We got half the iBeams up! That is 11 of them. They are nailed into place. They are fitting very nicely! We are still having to walk each iBeam out…
iBeams trimmed!
The morning was spent trimming all 22 iBeams to exact lengths! We got out our chop saw on the bench and along with two extension benches proceeded to very carefully…
iBeams are involved at last!
The iBeams have been brought out of storage today! The first job was to nail on a whole load of small OSB pieces at both ends of the beams in…
Stainless Steel Mesh!
42 square pieces of stainless steel mesh was cut and stapled over all the holes previously drilled a couple of days ago. The metal mesh will reduce the possibility of…
Interior Dividing Wall Framework is UP!
Our middle wall inside the Garage is assembled and is UP! This wall is ready for the iBeams (roof rafters) to be thrown up, sit on the supports and fixed…
Bolted Down & Holed Out!
Yesterday and today we bolted down the two side walls, there are over twenty thunderbolts in each wall! We pulled out a string to make sure the walls are straight…
Front Wall completed!
The front wall of the garage is now completed! All the 18mm OSB boards is up and trimmed around each of the door entrances. Also we have cut out the…
GluLam Beam is up!
The front of the garage is getting there! The central pillar is up and bolted down! Now the huge single piece timber called GluLam has been hoisted into place! It…