Good title for a book! think I may be plagiarizing though ... Well, not beams exactly but rafters. We placed the first three rafters over the weekend. We are using 12" round logs as our rafters. The rafters are spaced on 4' centres and … [Read more...]
Over the last week we have been putting the first of the beams into place. These beams extend from the shortened interior tire walls and catch the last rafter sets running east/west. As you can see from the picture the beams do not have posts … [Read more...]
We have been working on the sill plates and blocking for the roof rafters over the last week. We are using 3x8 dressed lumber for our sill plates (2-1/2" x 7-3/8" dressed), and attached them to the concrete bond beam using timber washers and nuts. … [Read more...]