Erecting the first trusses

Yesterday evening Ben made his debut on site as a workman alongside a returning James. Here he is admiring his early contribution:

The plan we are aiming for is something like this:

James, Ben and Jaimin got all the trusses in to the building and then commenced with fixing a few in to place using Cullen FAS Framing Anchors for the doubles and Cullen TC truss clips for the singles. The first was a double and being a bit heavy there was some deliberation on how to swing it up in to place. After making a "pushing pole" for James to use, Ben and Jaimin ascended the walls and heaved it up in to place before fixing it to the pre-installed braces on the gable. Lots of measuring, checking, plumb-lining, squaring and fiddling eventually resulted in 4 framing anchors being nailed in with square twist nails. The process was repeated and lots of measuring took place. Eventually we managed to erect 2 doubles for the stairs and the west side of the west rooflight, and 2 singles.