Covering of Section I and J Roof is Progressing
This week, we continued with the task of nailing up rows and rows of battens on top of the breathable plastic membrane on the I and J section of the…
A Quick Three Rafters Installed Before Rain Arrives and Half of K Rafters Created
In between rain showers, when the sun came out this morning, we got outside to firstly bring in six sheets of our 12mm plywood from our main stack (after these…
N and O Have Been Bevelled, and K Now Being Prepared
With the wet weather outside, we stayed dry in the workshop and carried on with the task of slicing angled bevel ends on the fourteen rafters we have already made,…
Four More Rafters Are Up and Bevel Slicing Troubles!
This morning, after a slight delay, we got outside and reassembled our platform on our tower and got up four more rafters to almost finish off the “P” section of…
Measured “K” Section and Created Last Two Rafters for “N”
This afternoon, after the morning was occupied with other tasks, we got outside to firstly, rescue our fallen scaffolding tower, to push it back upright again. We did take off…
Pretty Plywood Arrives and Five More Rafters Created
This morning, our 75 sheets of pretty plywood arrived. The lorry managed to get down our Loke, and we placed our flat bed trolley alongside. We then pulled off the…
Created Five More Rafters for Roof
This afternoon, we resumed work on creating the last couple of dozen of rafters for the roof. We did Five more today before Shaun’s back had enough and didn’t want…
Assembling of “O” and “N” Rafters begins
This morning, we switched over to our latest and last angled cuts, the 45degrees angles, for the webbing. These were for the “O” set of rafters, all six of them,…
“N” and “O” Rafters Being Prepared
Today, while it was a damp horrible day (and also Shaun is restricted to light duties!), we worked in our workshop to cut and prepare the material pieces to build…
The Final “P” Rafters Goes Up!
With a very lovely sun shining down upon us, we proceeded to install the final set of “P” rafters up into the roof framework. The four rafters that goes up…