Preparing For “N” Rafters
This afternoon, after a interruption to our work flow due to other meetings, we first went outside to verify the measurements we made last week on the “N” section and…
“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…
Glazing Framework Type, Shape and Size Final Adjustments
As a companion to the report Winter Cold Virus Hits the Workforce!, this blog describes the last two weeks of our building work. so with the background noises of coughing,…
Oak Timber Ordered
We finalised and double checked our Oak Timber quantity and got a final quote from the timber merchant today. The major difficulty we have is that the large quantity of…
“H” Section is Now Complete!
We finished off installing the rest of the “H” rafters outside, on quite a balmy day, on the shortest daylight day of the year! Tomorrow, we will try and get…