Hooray! The PA Hip Rafter is Up!
This morning, under a very nice sunny blue sky, we took out our completed PA Hip Rafter from the workshop to the building site, and after positioning the towers into…
PA Rafter Now Glued and Nailed together
We carried on today with the PA Hip LVL Rafter, making internal noggins (four of them, one at each end and two in the middle at the joints of the…
Half Day on Preparing the PA Rafter
This afternoon, we carried on with sorting out what we need to do to make the PA Hip Rafter. All the surfaces are sanded (both the LVL flanges and plywood…
Very Carefully Preparing PA Hip Rafter
Today, we continued with preparing the LVL timber flanges for the first of the main corners of the roof, over the Great Room, in the corner where the P wall…
LVL Hip Rafters Preparation Continues, Light Bulb Moment and Update to Drawing!
After we finished off doing the wheels for the scaffolding tower, we continued preparing the bits and pieces for constructing the LVL Hip Rafters for the PA, EH and HI…
The Next Set of 3 LVL Hip Rafters Beginns Construction
Today, we started on the next three rafters, the corner Hip Rafters that goes in the main corners of the house. They are the Great Room “PA” corner, the Utility…
The Companion AB LVL Rafter Is Now Installed!
Today, we carried on configuring and adapting various equipment and tools to help us with the task of lifting these roof Rafters up into place. For example, we reinforced the…
Lifting Equipment Saga!
Today, we resumed the challenge of lifting our very long rafter (well there are two of them waiting to go up .. but one at a time – thank you!)…
Troubles With Hauling LVL Rafter Into Place
This morning, we sliced off the bevel wedge that needed removing off the top end of the LVL Rafter so it will slide and fit tight into the metal bracket.…
LVL Rafters AB and DE Are Now Constructed
Today, we assembled the two LVL diagonal Rafters in our template and glued and nailed it all together. These particular rafters are just under 6metres long and they weigh 60…