Sunday started as a miserable wet day so the plan had to be delayed. When the weather cleared in the afternoon, Jaimin headed to site and met James who was the day's labour (and good labour too).
After a lot of deliberation and discussion on methods of bracing the first truss (which will be a double truss for the stairs) Jaimin ascended the ladder with the hammer drill and fixings, and installed 2 plates in the to the west gable end which will be used to attach bracing. You can just make one out in the second image. Once they were in, it was up the ladder again this time to the apex, to string a line between the gables as a guide for the truss peaks.
After some more deliberating and one or 2 attempts to get a truss in, they developed an effective and simple system for sliding the trusses from the bank of earth at the back, onto a 4.8m spreader beam that was leaning over the lean-to wall, on to another 4.8m beam spanning the lean to and on to the main wall. Then James would go in to the house, Jaimin would climb on to the wall, and between them they'd ease the truss upside down in to the cottage. They did this with half the trusses:
Once they had 13 trusses in, James helped Jaimin build a double truss using Simpson Strong Tie structural wood screws. These are awesome because they can be installed from one side, no pilot hole needed, and no bolts required. But they need 50 per double, so lots of screwing with the drill. Once the first double was built, they set up 2 more doubles (seven will be needed in total) and Jaimin set about making them up.
After a lot of deliberation and discussion on methods of bracing the first truss (which will be a double truss for the stairs) Jaimin ascended the ladder with the hammer drill and fixings, and installed 2 plates in the to the west gable end which will be used to attach bracing. You can just make one out in the second image. Once they were in, it was up the ladder again this time to the apex, to string a line between the gables as a guide for the truss peaks.
After some more deliberating and one or 2 attempts to get a truss in, they developed an effective and simple system for sliding the trusses from the bank of earth at the back, onto a 4.8m spreader beam that was leaning over the lean-to wall, on to another 4.8m beam spanning the lean to and on to the main wall. Then James would go in to the house, Jaimin would climb on to the wall, and between them they'd ease the truss upside down in to the cottage. They did this with half the trusses:
Once they had 13 trusses in, James helped Jaimin build a double truss using Simpson Strong Tie structural wood screws. These are awesome because they can be installed from one side, no pilot hole needed, and no bolts required. But they need 50 per double, so lots of screwing with the drill. Once the first double was built, they set up 2 more doubles (seven will be needed in total) and Jaimin set about making them up.
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