Trimmed the Tops!
And we also trimmed the excess material off the tops of the walls. The OSB boards were nailed to the very tops of the iBeams and noggins (on the front)…
All Metal ties are in place
Today we resumed our work on our Garage after a 3 day break for Christmas! We finished putting on the metal bracket pies holding down the iBeams(the rafters) across the…
Begin the Metal tie downs!
We started installing the metal brackets on the iBeam rafters. We have done the back and front walls. We are using hardened nails, 38mm long ring shank for extra grip…
Remaining Roofs iBeams Are Up!
The Snow and ICE have finally let up! We had a little bit of rain and that helped to melt the ice on the garage floor so we managed to…
Snow Has Stop Play! Again!
We have a thick layer of snow over everything! It is minus four degrees Celsius (-4oC)!! (the garage) (down the garden) The concrete floor slab has a thick layer of…
Building Inspector Approves!
Our building control inspector came today to take a look at our Garage. He was checking the structural and quality of work! His words were “I am very happy with…
Half a Roof!
We got half the iBeams up! That is 11 of them. They are nailed into place. They are fitting very nicely! We are still having to walk each iBeam out…
iBeams trimmed!
The morning was spent trimming all 22 iBeams to exact lengths! We got out our chop saw on the bench and along with two extension benches proceeded to very carefully…
iBeams are involved at last!
The iBeams have been brought out of storage today! The first job was to nail on a whole load of small OSB pieces at both ends of the beams in…
Stainless Steel Mesh!
42 square pieces of stainless steel mesh was cut and stapled over all the holes previously drilled a couple of days ago. The metal mesh will reduce the possibility of…