We're alive and no injuries either!
The hardest part was taking each beam from the driveway and moving them through the "window" so they could sit on the genie-lift, inside. We marked each beam's middle point so that once on the lift, they would be stable and balanced (well, in so much that a steel beam weighing a million tonnes can be balanced on a set of forks a foot-and-a-half apart!)
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| First one done - piece of cake! |
Then, the beams had to be jacked up above the level of the walls, guided all the way up and then turned so that they could be lowered onto the padstones.
Special thanks to "Iron-Man" Alex from across the road, for helping with "Beam D"
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| Serious concentration |
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| Mind your fingers Franco |
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| Easy does it |
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| X marks the spot! |
6x beams in total, with a bit of fiddly bolting.
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| That look square to you? |
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| When Franco's happy, we're all happy! |
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| All done |
And the very best thing? We finished at lunchtime :O)
In the afternoon we cut a few joists:
The beams need to be painted with fire protection paint, there's plenty more brickwork to do, lots of joists to be cut and fitted (with noggins (what a great word eh!)) and at some point we'll have to think about putting the roof on.
So plenty more to come folks.
Oh, and I got stung in the neck by a wasp.
What a great holiday - back to work Monday!
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