Sorted
Last night we had the mother of all thunderstorms - long, loud and accompanied by a deluge. The rain came through the holes in the...
Tarp pulling
We've had a few downpours which have soaked the timber since the cruck frames went up. The ply is already showing signs of degrading...
The first straw
Yesterday the first load of straw arrived. Lew, Mark B and Anne W helped us off load the bales. The bales were passed over the fence and...
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...
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....
Brace, brace
We've had heavy rain today. Fortunately we had lightly covered most of the timber yesterday evening and that stopped the wood from...
Crux of the matter
We have had an anxious few days since discovering the rib beams for the cruck frame had been made incorrectly. Several phone calls and...
