Roselea

This afternoon, we resumed the assembling of the steel framework, by examining the problem of the ends of the two I Beams (Number Two and Four – nearer the garage…

This morning, the task was started to analyse all the pieces of timber we need for the construction of the house, whether it is for the outer walls, rafters for…

It was a lovely day with virtually no wind out there and very nice sunshine! We continued with our task of getting up our Steel I beams up on top…

In a very nice bath of warm sunshine, we started this morning with the task of lifting up the first of our huge steel I beams. We got our two…

We finished off the crane this morning with the insertion of the metal socket plate at the top of the wooden crane leg. Then we attached a long arm at…

With only half of the work force in the morning and normal strength for the afternoon, we constructed the second wooden Crane leg we will need when we are lifting…

We continued the work of setting the legs to be in their absolutely correct positions and bolting them down. We are using a special bolts which ‘self tap’ into concrete,…

In the morning, we spent making 7 wooden struts with metal tabs on the ends to control and bring together the distances at the top of the six legs that…

On a rather warmer day, we got the seventh and final steel leg hoisted and positioned in the required place. We prepared for this operation by making two bracing beams…

As reported in the previous blog the wooden crane leg was damaged, we spent the last hour of the daylight to repairing the damage . About two thirds the way…