Straw!

20th March

It’s been a challenge from the start to get the design finished. The last couple of weeks my sidekick (Robin) and I, along with Alan (the professional builder), have been completing the important details of the design. Such as, the poach construction, window placement, Rafter details, ground floor plan and the mezzanine details. So, I’ve been doing a bit of model making and boring computer work.  In the mean time we’ve finished the timber frame and started putting bales in, using a bale needle and twine to adjust bale sizes and a hedge trimmer for shaping.

29th

The A-frame is going up!

Floor joists

Dovetailed floor joist timbers cut and installed. The straw will be in soon...

Timber frame is going up

So, the corner posts are up and the ceiling beams are on. Hopefully next week I’ll have the floor joists in.

 

 

Day 128

I’ve been getting on with the timber work, I also had some help from Harry and Carl, thanks guys, hope you’ll be back again soon. I got the principal rafters up to see what they’re going to look like and to make sure it all fits.