I have been on a course this week (the Loxone training course – more later) which has meant that I haven’t been on site much. With so much going on, it is a meant of a shame not to be here, but the training course has been a welcome break. I do go first thing in the morning (once it is light!). There is little point in going in the evenings as it is dark by the time I get back.
This week the builders have been concentrating on getting the roof up with the hope that we can get it covered over early next week. However, it is a constant battle with the weather at the moment. Even so, they are making good progress.
The roof is relatively complex as you can see from the architects diagram and notes. However, it all seems to be going according to plan.
All three trusses are now in position. The purlins between the trusses have been installed and the “free ends” have been propped up in position while the blockwork is built up to support them. Hopefully all the major woodwork for the roof will be in place by the end of the week.
Just in case you thought it was easy to build a roof! All of these peices of oak are cut by hand and manhandled into position. This drawing makes it look too easy!
This is first thing in the morning before I go off to my Loxone training course. You can see all of the three trusses are now in position – 2 running one way and a third (in the kitchen) running at 90 degrees.
The majority of the beams went in yesterday. Today the builders have been concentrating on building up the blockwork to support the ends of the beams. You can see in this photo that some of the beams (look to camera right) are propped up at the moment waiting for the blockwork to be built up around them.