Outbuildings: Week 18, Day 2

Outbuildings: Week 18, Day 2

Most of the rest of the roof trusses are now installed above the Garages (appearing at the top-left of the overview photo) – except where they have been temporarily omitted to provide access to build the internal dividing walls. Work is ongoing to install the bracing for the trusses. The wall in yesterday’s photo has been taken a bit higher – as far as it can without another lift of scaffolding – so the masonry work has now moved onto the other internal wall and the gable wall at the north-east corner.

There was also one of the monthly on-site meetings with the Architect, to review progress to date and to agree a valuation for another stage-payment.

Outbuildings: Week 14, Day 2

Outbuildings: Week 14, Day 2

Almost all of today’s activity was off to the left of the overview photo, erecting the first set of roof trusses on the (relatively small) two-storey section and preparing to start installing the shallow brick arches over the garage door openings.

View looking north-west from the south-east corner of the scaffolding

The steel beam over the wide internal door opening also got installed – visible on the photo above (and also in the overview shot).

In addition, there was one of the monthly Site Meetings with the Architect, which includes a valuation of progress to date (and materials delivered to site) to support the monthly stage-payment on the building works.