Skip Over to Start Preparation Work for JK and KL Rafters
This afternoon, we changed our work schedule and skipped over the operation of lifting up the heavy K Ridge for another day as the morning was wet and had other…
K Ridge Fun and Games!
Today, we tackled the big job of lifting up our Bent Rafter, the K Ridge that has a 45 degree bend in it’s length. It was tricky because the middle…
Stephen Had Minor Fall Off Scaffolding Tower!
While climbing up the ladder on the second scaffolding tower, the tower suddenly moved along on its wheels and the ladder began to slip off the metal rail, starting to…
K Ridge All Glued and Bolted Together!
We had a lovely day of sunshine and we assembled our two part K Ridge into one solid piece with a 45 degree bend on it, ready for the final…
K Ridge Smartened Up and First Fitting of Metal Elbow!
This morning, we planed the top and bottom edges of both part of the K Ridge Rafter. We wanted to make sure that these surfaces are clean and smooth to…
K Ridge (Part 1 and Part 2) Completed
Today, we cut down to the required lengths the LVL timber pieces with the appropriate angles on their ends for both parts of the K Ridge Rafter. This one has…
Preparation for Next Set of Rafters Starts
These last two days has seen the start of the building the next set of rafters. The metal brackets pieces were painted to give them a semi protection against rust…
Ripped Up Neighbour’s Hedge!
After lunch today, we helped out our neighbour by driving our Mini Digger up the Loke and then proceeded to rip and grub out their Hedge fronting the Loke. It…
O ridge Metal work Finished
The metal splice plates for the O ridge have been welded together. More care was taken to weld them in short stages and swapping from one plate to the other…
K Ridge metal work Finished
The parts of the metal work for the K ridge were welded together, after they were finished it was noticed that the big metal plate had been distorted by the…