The carpenter/joiner doing the roof came last week to check on some measurements and then they arrived in earnest this morning. I went over about three o'clock to see how they are getting on. Wow! Scaffolding had gone up, the first of the framing was there, five of them all beavering away.
Thierry, the boss was just getting the timber ready to make an A-frame. If you look closely (click on the picture to enlarge) you can see the enormous tenon joints.
These couple of photos are from a sequence of the A-frame being assembled. Please forgive the Iphone cover (or my thumb) over some of the pictures, I was trying not to be too obvious. The whole thing was put together in about half an hour. It was all put together with enormous steel bolts and then joints were secured with dowels.
Then the crane comes into use. It was made off the property, in effect on the road.
Then lifted up over the trees..
Over the extension, where it hung for a a few minutes whilst Thierry went inside to supervise the installation
Maneuvering it into position through thee other stuff was tricky to put it mildly.
Done inch at a time...
Until finally Thierry climbed up to bang the dowels into position. For those with concerns about Health and Safety and people who have to carry out risk assessment have a close look.
Then, when we went back at six o'clock...
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