Strapped in
The first floor windows will sit on the block outer leaf and attach to the verge sprockets. Mr Kitcatt, the building inspector,...
A race against time
We have been very fortunate with the weather since the tarps came off. There have been just a few showers and a couple of frosts. That's...
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...
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...
The WOW factor
Folks in the Lower Longbottom stretch of the road know all about our project but the rest of the Cologne Road community have not noticed...
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...
The circle is squared
Yesterday Mark and Lew adjusted the first cruck frame so that it is plumb and square with the timber frame gable end. This cruck can now...
A Herculean task
We spent three days planning and prototyping how we were going to raise the cruck frames. Finally yesterday we got the first cruck up....
