Monthly Archives: March 2021

Wednesday 31/3/21 The objective today was to fit the green oak rafters but things didn’t work out this way. We started by taking out any twisting of the wall plates. Ben then secured the corner ties. We then offered up … Continue reading →

Tuesday 30/3/21 Today was a varied day and had a milestone in it! It kicked off with Ben bringing the spacer plates he had made following the design published just yesterday. They are beautiful – almost too beautiful to be … Continue reading →

Monday 29/3/21 A bitty day today. When we come to installing the posts we will need to hold them 13mm off the brick plinths. This gap will allow us to pump in the epoxy resin into the holes I created … Continue reading →

Sunday 28/3/21 As my attention is drawn towards the erection of the frame I need to think beyond the frame. Today I modified the cavity in the brick plinths to take the epoxy resin that will hold the base of … Continue reading →

Saturday 27/3/21 When fitting the first ridge brace I used the face of the king post and the underside of the ridge to ensure a right angle. I did this because it was not straight forward to use the centre … Continue reading →

Thursday 25/3/21 It was a short day today. Ben came over for an hour and we dismantled and packed away the righthand truss he completed yesterday. As soon as we released the pin at the bottom of the king post … Continue reading →

Wednesday 24/3/21 Today Ben finished the second (and final) truss and was pretty pleased with it. ? I completed the lefthand ridge brace and was pretty pleased with that too. We really are on the home straight now. There are … Continue reading →

Tuesday 23/3/21 Today Ben carried on with the righthand truss. He got the first principal rafter in place… …and started work on the second one. By the end of the day the second principal rafter was marked up on both … Continue reading →

Monday 22/3/21 A lot of thought has gone into the joints between the ridge beam and the king posts and this is the design we have settled on. The constraints on us were: We didn’t want to take too much … Continue reading →