Most of the oak beams are now in place in the roof of the extension. There is still some work to be done on the valleys (where the two roofs of the extension meet). However, there was a bit of confusion about how this was meant to be built. The upshot was that a piece of oak timber was missed off the order and we now need to wait for it to be delivered next week.
In the meantime, we have pushed ahead with adding the spars to the rest of the roof.
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!
There is a temporary prop in place, but this is looking very similar to the 3D roof truss detail. The purlins for the valleys are currently missing.
All the main beams are now in place and work has started on installing the spars. Hopefully, by the middle of next week, the roof will be on.