Visit from Building Control to Inspect What We Have Done
We had a letter in the post a couple of days ago, asking whether we had completed our build yet. It had been several years since we had an inspection…
We Had An Inspection Today!
Today, this afternoon, we had our building control officer come along to give us a once over, see what we have done, showing him the rafters in our roof, and…
Front Porch Top-Plate Complete Plus Gable Wall Framework Done Too
In a chilly windy climate (prelude before the icy weather arrives), we hoisted up the long 7.6 metre horizontal Beam and connected it to the two arms coming out of…
“N” Rafter Installed and Measurements taken for “N” and “O” secitons
This afternoon, while we had some nice weather, even though it was quite chilly, we went and got our odd “N” rafter (the middle one, which is number 6) up…
Oak Timber Arrives!
This afternoon, in the middle of our lunch hour (about 1:30pm), the Oak Timber arrived!! There were ten packs in total, in four stacks on the back of the lorry.…
Bevels Cut On Latest Rafters
This morning, while we wait for the delivery of our Oak Timber, we got on with the task of cutting angled bevelled ends on the latest batch of rafters we…
Created Four Rafters
Today and yesterday, we resumed our factory production line to produce the remaining rafters for completing the “P” section of the roof, as well as the first one of the…
Six “P” Rafters Go Up!
Before the rain arrived (about 3pm ) we got out there to get up and installed the six rafters we had made way back before Christmas, into the “P” section…
Bevel Ends Were Cut on P Rafters
This morning, a slight change of plan as the weather has come over wet again, so we got on with the job of cutting the bevel ends on the rafters…
New Lifting Mechanism Created and Finally The DE LVL Rafter is Up and In Place!
We finished creating the new Lifting Support Framework for the winch, with some more welding of reinforcing struts at the top and handles at the bottom to allow us twisting…