Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Monday 11 July 2011 How the beam was born

The MB told me that the wooden part of the construction would be much more fun than the concrete and shale struggle for the foundation. He was right: in one morning we proceed to build the main beam right down the middle of the floor, 3 2 by 10 boards nailed together resting on 4 6 by 6 posts. Amazing but by lunchtime there is a main beam and by 5 in the evening a third of the joists are up on the beam. I even manage to do another fall, this time tripping while walking backwards over the compressor. Again I am lucky. The MB shouts: Oh no, not again, as I go down but I jump up right away and shake myself down. I'll check later to see if anything's damaged.
Tomorrow we'll have the major part of the floor joists in place...

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