The Great Room Legs Created and Odd jobs Done
This morning, we resumed the production line of the Legs for our Great Room. we made another 25 Legs to add to the 7 we did yesterday, making a total…
Production Line Starts to Rolls Off Legs for Great Room
Today, we spent the time slicing and chopping lots of materials for the creation of the Legs for our Great Room. After carefully checking yesterday our Leg Element and how…
Creation of Legs Begins
Today saw the start of the creation of the External Wall Legs. These legs forms the main structural load bearing elements for both the roof (on the outer leg) and…
Final and Double Check Measurements
This morning, we went around with a spirit level and our talking tape measure, to measure the distance from the upper wall level, the 89mm wide footplate, down to the…
Final Inner Footplate Layer with Slots Gets Glued and Nailed
We had a slightly delayed start today’s work because we had rain overnight of about 3mm and we wanted to make sure the wood planks already out there will be…
Built a Template and Cut More Slots
Today, we made a long flat template that will hold 12 lengths of 63mm wide CLS planks and guide our router machine to make a series of 40mm wide slots,…
Technical Drawings Updated and Slots Cut into Footplate
Today, we updated the electronic CAD drawings to reflect the new position of the windows along the wall that has the back door in it (this wall is next to…
Two Layers Glued and Template Constructed
On a dull, windy and slightly damp day, we went around the Perimeter Wall and glued down the first layer of the 89mm CLS treated timber we had cut last…
Doors and Windows Marked Out
This morning, we finished off the final section of the inner wall footplate that had wet mortar from yesterday. All concrete screws are now tightened down, including 3 of them…
Final Wet Mortar Is Shoved In
This morning, we mixed up the final load of mortar to finish off the last 15metres or so of the Inner Wall Footplate. We also went around tightening down all…