Postponed O Ridge Installation!
Starting really early this morning, at round 8:30am, to avoid the incoming thunderstorm front, we went outside to have a go at installing our latest created rafter, this time, the…
O Ridge Parts Are Married Together!
Today, we tidied up the two sections of the O Ridge rafter by running the power planer along all the edges, the top and bottom edges. This made sure that…
High Winds Rips Off Roofing Felt!
We woke up to the rattle of tremors of storm Agnes passing over and when we looked outside, we discovered a piece, actually quite a long piece of roofing felt…
O Ridge Part 1 and 2 Assembled and Rafter LM is Installed
This morning, we resumed our work on the O Ridge Rafter. The first part (the horizontal Ridge section) was vacuumed and then glued and nailed together. Then the second part…
Rafter IJ Goes Up and O Ridge is Started
This morning, in a bit of a stiff breezy and chilly wind, we took out our first of the two rafters we completed on Saturday, but before that, I just…
Rafter IJ and LM Created!
Today, resuming where we left off from the very short morning’s work day yesterday (which was cutting the legs for corners IJ and LM and then measuring the distance from…
Rafter JK and KL are Now Up!
Today in the pleasant sunshine, we tackled the job of hoisting up the next two rafters, which are the rafters going into the corners JK and KL. After fiddling with…
Rafter JK and KL are Both Created
Today, we carried on with the creation of the rafters for the corners where wall J and K meets and again for walls K and L meet, all part of…
JK Rafter Being Created
After lunch, we resumed the task of creating the next rafter, this time, the JK diagonal LVL going from the K Ridge and down into the far outside corner of…
K Ridge Is UP!
This morning, we resumed the battle with the K Ridge Rafter!! We first applied Plan K by slicing off the sticking out webbing down on the wall end of the…