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...]
Over the last couple of weeks the clothes hung on the line have not been drying very well. More often than not the clothes are wetter when we pull them off the line than when they went on! In despair we switched back to the electric dryer for a … [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...]