Steelwork's in

after moving the crane

to the front of the site

it's in with the rest of the steelwork

and then after a bit of levelling and adjustment

we'll be ready for the first floor next week.

Today is.....

..... Crane day (No2)

Stupid stupid man.

16 tonnes of crushed brick and concrete

+

7.5 tonnes of crushed stone

+

and totally inadequare tools.

=

an aching back, legs, hands and arms

Not one of my better ideas.

Black!

After a morning of painting the carpport walls are black. It's not the finial finish, just a liquid DPM, but it's starting to look better every day.

This coming week sees the steelwork installed and hopefully the first floor installed.

It gets better by the day

I'm glad it's Friday. Any more progrees at this speed and my face will split from smiling too much.

This has had to be best week yet.

Here comes the science

Ok, it's not science, but it's a bit more detail for those of you who want (need) it

1. Brackets are fixed to the blockwork upstand. Brackets accept shims to ensure the wall plate is level. 

2. Wall plates are bolted to the blockwork. Plates consist of 2No timber members. Bottom member is 150mm wide (width of SIPs) Top member is norrower by 22mm, allowing the 11mm OSB face to dress over.

3. I'm spoiling you here. there's the wall plate, a panel sat on it. The bracket and a loose shim and one of the bolts used to fix the plate down. And if that's not enough there's a panel in the background showing the OSB extending beyond the insulation

4. Panels are then positioned with the joints spliced together. The joints are glued with additional foam applied to the insulation faces to create an airtight joint.

5. Then final operation is to fill any open joint with injectable foam insulation and the installation is complete.

That's the end of todays CPD seminar. Don't forget to log your points.

Can you believe it.

Look at this! We finally have some real walls. You're looking at the side of the kitchen.

And this is the groundworkers leaving for the last time with a van full of scrap rebar ready for the cashing in at the scrap yard.

Bye bye TMW! A good day all round.