Assembling of “O” and “N” Rafters begins
This morning, we switched over to our latest and last angled cuts, the 45degrees angles, for the webbing. These were for the “O” set of rafters, all six of them,…
“N” and “O” Rafters Being Prepared
Today, while it was a damp horrible day (and also Shaun is restricted to light duties!), we worked in our workshop to cut and prepare the material pieces to build…
The Final “P” Rafters Goes Up!
With a very lovely sun shining down upon us, we proceeded to install the final set of “P” rafters up into the roof framework. The four rafters that goes up…
Preparing For “N” Rafters
This afternoon, after a interruption to our work flow due to other meetings, we first went outside to verify the measurements we made last week on the “N” section and…
Oak Timber Ordered
We finalised and double checked our Oak Timber quantity and got a final quote from the timber merchant today. The major difficulty we have is that the large quantity of…
“H” Section is Now Complete!
We finished off installing the rest of the “H” rafters outside, on quite a balmy day, on the shortest daylight day of the year! Tomorrow, we will try and get…
Installed Two “H” and Manufactured Eight “P” Rafters
This morning, we ventured outside to install as many rafters in the “H” section of the roof but could only do two in the end before lunch! It was a…
Work Begins on “P” Section of Roof
Today, after a fairly long delay where we were recovering from an injury but also doing the Oak timber Survey and Ordering, we resumed our task of creating more rafters…
“H” Rafters Fully Manufactured and Ready to be Installed
On this very wet and chilly Monday, we resumed work in our nice and warm workshop to finish off the manufacturing processes on our set of rafters to do the…
The “H” Rafters All Manufactured!
Today, we entered into the joyous task of assembling the 13 rafters that will see the completion of the “H” section of the roof (the right hand side of the…