Strapped in
The first floor windows will sit on the block outer leaf and attach to the verge sprockets. Mr Kitcatt, the building inspector,...
Reaching the summit
With the tarps off Mark and Lew were able to get up on the roof to secure the final straw bales; fill the gaps along the ridge with...
Battle of the beams
Yesterday our friend Richard came over from Devon to help Mark and Lew get the glulam and I-beams into place. The boys put in a long...
Video of second cruck frame being lifted
On the premise that it's better late than never here is a video recording of the second cruck frame being lifted by crane. #cruckframe...
Lifts and separates
The straw bales are cuboid. They are to be stacked between the cruck frames which are curved. To get them to express a curved shape they...
Straps and restraints
Straight strapping has been fixed from the rib flange over the plinth wall plate and down to the plinth wall itself to provide vertical...
Bridging the gap
The gaps at the bases of the inner flanges of the rib beams caused by the poor trimming of the beams by Vision have been plugged, glued...
Mind the gap
With the cruck frames erected another problem with the beams has become apparent. None of the inner flanges are in contact with the...
Let the crane take the strain
Yesterday, with the help of a crane, the remaining 11 cruck frames were lifted into position and braced. Ideally all the cruck frames...
Spaced out
Today we were joined on site by Lew and our friend Richard. The spacing for the rest of the crucks was determined, locators for the first...
