Forget the gym!!
Added 2024-11-13 11:07:37 +0000 UTCI can proudly announce all the roof beams are done!! This means all the hard stuff is now complete.
T&G roof boards, insulation, flooring, door fitting and the rest is all easy peasy compared to standing on a ladder/scaffold 3m in the air, balancing beams whilst wielding my trusty Mallet of Encouragement +3 - he's been an absolute hero in this build, no way I could have done it without him. Dead Blow Mallets are awesome - I've decided I'm going to do a quick video on how to make one and share plans for people to pinch!
Oh and you truly can never have too many clamps - it'd have been a nightmare trying to fit all this together without them, they made squeezing the beams into their slots super easy!!
Now, if you'll permit me a brief moment of smugness, I laser measured the full diagonals to make sure I hadn't screwed up or pulled anything out of square whilst building everything and over a 8m x 5m area, the diagonal variance was 0.01mm off...... I think I can live with that..... 😏😏
Now the weather forecast is threatening snow next week!! So it's a race against the clock to get the roof done!!
Comments
Katie, you are making great progress, well done.
David Mcquie
2024-11-15 04:51:48 +0000 UTCGet'r'dun before winter sets in! I wish I had the time for such projects! So inspirational!
Greg Staten
2024-11-15 01:31:04 +0000 UTCOh everyone pitches in when they can - I've got some cute photos of my six year old helping build the base blocks!!
Hands on Katie
2024-11-14 00:41:31 +0000 UTCYou've got this!!!!!!
Patrick
2024-11-13 19:05:00 +0000 UTCNicely done. Doesn't hubby help though?
John Dammeyer
2024-11-13 18:21:29 +0000 UTC🤣🤣🥰🥰 That made me feel much better!!
Hands on Katie
2024-11-13 17:51:46 +0000 UTCBuilding regs allow for 8mm deviation from plumb, so you're a factor of 800 better than the regulations... That's pretty impressive, and definitely worthy of a little smugness! If you want a laugh seeing how well "proper builders" do, check out this guy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ufikB4RDYUU Good luck with the weather!
Bazza McSpleen
2024-11-13 17:18:39 +0000 UTCDon't say that word!!! ❄️
Hands on Katie
2024-11-13 16:33:38 +0000 UTCThank you Smug Captain! 🫡
Hands on Katie
2024-11-13 16:33:20 +0000 UTCSmug approved! That's some awesome work.
Stephen Kirk
2024-11-13 15:20:14 +0000 UTCWow...you are making great progress. Completing each stage of the build is good reason to pat yourself on the back. The end goal will be especially rewarding ... snow or not.
Old Guy Fred
2024-11-13 15:17:41 +0000 UTCI think 0.06/ɛ seconds of smugness is reasonable were ɛ is error in meters
Simon
2024-11-13 12:23:03 +0000 UTCI'll use every second!
Hands on Katie
2024-11-13 11:54:33 +0000 UTCYou can have several minutes of smugness
Simon
2024-11-13 11:39:43 +0000 UTC
