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Changes to the frame

New Builder — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:42:33 +0000

I have been away for a few days so I have not had a chance to post also while I was away the frame erectors found there had been a slight error on the truses on the gable ends.

I had not realised that the drawing showed some of the softwood rafters on 2 of the gables and Oak on the main bedroom gable meaning we would have had to close the eves on the softwood gables and if we wanted the Oak exposed on the main bedroom gable the three gables would have looked odd so I agreed to Welsh Oak making up 10 Oak rafters so that all gable ends will have exposed oak in the eves.

SO this has delayed the completion of the frame by a few day and has cost a extra few £100 pounds extra I am glad it all came to light when it did as I feel the end result will look a lot better.

In the mean time I am getting a few labour quotes for the roof with a view to getting started in the next couple of weeks.

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Frame nearing completion

New Builder — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:51:22 +0000

As the frame is nearing completion I am turning my attention to the roof.

I have already ordered the tiles from Tudor Roof Tiles and am awaiting a delivery date. We have chosen a mixture of 2 colours, 65% medium antique and the remainder the plain red as with our other buildings on the site.

I also have to arrange the roof insulation and Fermacel for the exposed Oak areas of the roof along with the necessary batons and breathable membrane, hopefully we should see the roof start to go on in the next couple of weeks.

I had John Wilde out from www.oakcleaning.co.uk yesterday for a quote to clean the Oak of the waterstains and the blue marks that occur when the Oak comes into contact with metal, I did not budget for this although I was aware it needed doing so I hope the quote is not to painfull.

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Bank holiday weekend

New Builder — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:17:15 +0000

Bank holiday weekend and it looks like being a scorcher, the Welsh Oak guys cam in for a few hours but then headed back to Wales for the weekend so we will not see them till mid morning on Tuesday now. I wont know what to do with myself as I have spent most of this week watching them, I bet they love clients with nothing bettter to do stand watching their every move.

As the crane took some setting up and left on Thursday they got more done than I thought they would and apparently now that they are getting to know where all the Oak is located around the garden it should happen even faster next week.

The Oak frame and the softwood infill panels are complete across the back of the house but they still require the final fixing. We were able to stand in the Kitchen and get an idea of the true size and space although by the time Angela is finished there will be a lot less space!

You can click on any of the images to get it full size

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The Oak frame has started to go up

New Builder — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:34:00 +0000

The crane arrived first thing as arranged, as the ground is pretty soft it took quite a while to get set as we needed matts ouspread the weight out. Ang brought the kids up on the way to school to see the crane, they seemed really exited and could not wait to go and tell their friends.

Once the driver was happy they started on the frame straight away the first Oak post to be lifted in was for the lounge, it was a great feeling watching it go in after all this time

One thing that struck me was just how big some of the pieces of Oak are and how big the joints are, the picture shows one of my size 11 boots next a to a pretty large tenon joint.

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