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....
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...
Silence speaks volumes
Vision received my notification of the error in the production of the rib beams together with the accompanying photographic evidence just...
A trying try-out
We gathered an extra 3 pairs of hands on site this weekend to try-out assembling and raising a cruck frame. When we brought the first two...
