I have a project. It's going to cost money so we have been saving like crazy for years. I'm now ready to spend it. I know what I want. You'd think it would be easy to buy but no, the world conspires to make purchasing simple things like screws and insulation nice and easy.
After yesterday's debacle on the delivery of our roof panels, today we tried to get to pay for the 140mm Steico insulation and the larch cladding whilst ordering several thousand stainless ring nails and torx head screws. Screws now on order from one of our local suppliers (Bryants, they're a good family run company); the other local supplier has gone bust - clearly not enough business to cope with their borrowings. Still no insulation and another delay on the cladding.
In the meantime, progress went really well on the framing. Sorry, the time-lapse filming when totally wrong on this, most important of days. The camera tipped over so all we get are images of the top of a caravan.
This evening we have all the vertical posts up and some of the lintels as well. Its really looking like a decent building.
Crane arrives tomorrow morning at 8am.
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| The central wall with the sills to the clerestory in place. The East wall columns can be seen behind. |
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| The top of the East wall columns. |
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| Detail from the top of the middle wall. |
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| Near the end of the day, with the West wall columns. |
