Seventh And Final Leg Is Standing Proud!
On a rather warmer day, we got the seventh and final steel leg hoisted and positioned in the required place. We prepared for this operation by making two bracing beams…
Our Wooden Crane Leg
As reported in the previous blog the wooden crane leg was damaged, we spent the last hour of the daylight to repairing the damage . About two thirds the way…
Third Pair of Leg Are Up and Connected
This morning, in a freezing strong wind, we connected the second pair of legs (number 2 and 6) back to the first pair (number 1 and 7) using U Channel…
Next Two Legs Goes up!
It wasn’t so bad today in regards to ice, there were still patches of ice here and there but they were just melting and breaking up as soon as you…
Too Icy and Risky
Our concrete slab is frozen again and there are too many patches of solid ice. Again, we abandoned the outside work. Tomorrow, there are other meetings that have to be…
That’s What We Call Frozen Solid!
Today, Sunday, we woke up to a world of white over everything and a real chilly snap in the air .. this is indoors we are talking about! We were…
Hurray! Two Legs Are Up and Tied Together!
Yippee! The temperature overnight was warm, positively balmy at 5°C and the water lying around on our concrete didn’t freeze again and nearly all the remaining ice had melted by the…
Day 3 of Freezing Temperatures and Ice Stops Work
Here we go! Here we go .. again! It was such a lovely sunny morning to the start of the day but we had freezing temperatures overnight and it refreeze…
Day 2 of Freezing Temperatures and Ice Stops Work
Again, we waited in vain for the temperature to rise enough to melt all the ice. The sun was very strong but it only melted the ice where it was…
Freezing Temperatures and Ice Stops Work
We decided that it was too icy in the freezing temperatures we had over night (well below zero all night) and the concrete has lots of patches of frozen water…