All Done, Finished and Complete!
With a freezing wind blowing across our building site, we concluded all the work on the Steel Framework today. First of all, we dealt with the last remaining leg (Number…
Day 2 of Building Up Shopping List for Walls and Rafters as well as All the Internal Walls
Today, with only having one bloke on duty and the other one away at external meetings, the analysis of the design of the house and tallying up all the required…
The Two I Beam Ends Are On!
After waiting about 45 minutes for the rain to blow over this morning, we started at 10:45 by hauling up the first of the smaller I Beam at the Great…
Seven Cross Spars Installed
This afternoon, we resumed the assembling of the steel framework, by examining the problem of the ends of the two I Beams (Number Two and Four – nearer the garage…
Generating Shopping List for Timber
This morning, the task was started to analyse all the pieces of timber we need for the construction of the house, whether it is for the outer walls, rafters for…
I Beams Number 4 and 5 Are Up!
It was a lovely day with virtually no wind out there and very nice sunshine! We continued with our task of getting up our Steel I beams up on top…
I Beams 1 and 2 Are Up and Bolted down!
In a very nice bath of warm sunshine, we started this morning with the task of lifting up the first of our huge steel I beams. We got our two…
Final Leg Set and Bolted Down
We finished off the crane this morning with the insertion of the metal socket plate at the top of the wooden crane leg. Then we attached a long arm at…
Second Crane Leg Built
With only half of the work force in the morning and normal strength for the afternoon, we constructed the second wooden Crane leg we will need when we are lifting…
The Main Six Legs Are Bolted Down
We continued the work of setting the legs to be in their absolutely correct positions and bolting them down. We are using a special bolts which ‘self tap’ into concrete,…