Steve's workshop - Painting the outside walls

[Steve Maskery]

Well, that was good!

We had a team of 6 today - me and Ray, Pete Maddex and his son Sam, Charlie and Keith a neighbour from up the road.

The first task was to fix some sticky-up bits at the gable end for support.

We've all seen the yanks get their trusses up upside down and flip them over, but these trusses are too heavy for that, so we "just" carried them up. Get one end onto a wall nogging, push back to clear the front end, lift right up and slide forward until the tie-rail is level.

<Brucie> And that's all there is to it </Brucie>

We added some sticky-up bits near the ends, too.

One down, thirteen to go.

Truss clips came with them, but they are a bit flimsy.

And we just kept going.

 

[Steve Maskery]

The scaffolding tower just clears the tie-rail

When we got close to the end we did the other gable

The last truss wasn't spaced right. Some dork can't tell the difference between 610mm and 510mm. But eventually it was all up.

Incidentally, I meant to take a photo but obviously forgot - we made a set of 4 gauge boards, effectively a couple of notched boards that slot over a pair of trusses. They keep the loose truss from falling over and ensure that the spacing is right.

We braced with pallet boards as we went and put longer diagonals on when we had enough space to do so.

Smile!

A well-earned break, but we are not finished yet.

 

[Steve Maskery]

The bracing is only temporary, the trusses come with some lengths of 4 x 1 which run the full length of the roof. Personally I prefer terra firma, but I was OK once I was up there.

So this is what it looks like from upstairs. I'm hoping the roofing will come on Wednesday, but I have sheathing and noggings to do yet, so I won't be twiddling my thumbs.

 

[OLD]

My point on finalising a design .If you alter a roof covering or cladding system you may have to make structural alterations and it could also affect the way you insulate so these are key things to finalise . Its always nice to have scale plans of any structure and they are also helpfull when working out materials and positioning services.
These thoughts are ment to be helpfull as i have admired your work for some years and built some of your projects the lectern for instance, all the best with the build.
As for architects i am sure your right but mine is a special relationship of full contact for problem resolution and he does great plans on autocad .

 

[Steve Maskery]

Oh I'm grateful for your input, really I am. I didn't mean to sound tetchy, not at all.


I'd forgotten about the lectern.
S

 

[Graham Orm]

You'll be hosting the next series of Gladiator in there then Steve....it's HUGE!

 

[Steve Maskery]

Do you know what, Graham, and this is going to sound very churlish, I know, but suddenly it does not seem so big. Putting the trusses up has made it feel a lot more enclosed.

I think I might start planning an extension...

 

[Graham Orm]

Behave!

 

[PAC1]

Do you know what, Graham, and this is going to sound very churlish, I know, but suddenly it does not seem so big. Putting the trusses up has made it feel a lot more enclosed.

I think I might start planning an extension...

Steve it must be four times the size of your old workshop!
It is looking good. Now when is the topping out party?

 

[Steve Maskery]

Now don't exaggerate, it's not quite twice the floor area. My other was 32 ft long (not certain on that, might have been 28' - I do remember it was 2' outside 30) and varied from about 10 ft to about 12 ft, depending on where you measured it.
This is less than 25' square internally.
I'm not sure how I'm going to cope.

Whilst I don't have a fixed time schedule for this (I'll just keep doing it until it's done), I do hope to have a Workshop Essentials Workshop Bash before the year is out.

S

 

[Lons]

Great progress Steve.
It's a real milestone once the trusses go up. Suddenly looks like a building.

 

[woodshavings]

.....I do hope to have a Workshop Essentials Workshop Bash before the year is out.
S

You'll need a bigger workshop!!
John

 

[brianhabby]

I think I might start planning an extension...

 

[Steve Maskery]

It was a slow start this morning. I didn't sleep very well on Saturday night, which is surprising after all that work, but I made up for it last night. So when Ray arrived this morning I wasn't yet dressed.

But he soon got me shifted.

I'm afraid there are not many photos because almost all of it was a two-man job and there isn't time to get from setting up the camera to getting us in position. So I'm afraid you will have to do with description for most of it. Sorry.

The land to the right is firm but very uneven, so we had to set up the scaffolding with adjustable legs. We offered a board up to the wall, packed out with 3mm spacers, with Ray on the scaffolding and me inside up a ladder, scribing with a pencil where the gable line is. Then down with the board and cut to shape. Whatever did we do before track saws came along?

Then it was case of picking up the scaffolding, moving it along a few feet and doing the same again.

When we got up high, we had quite a few mis-hits with the Paslode, because it is not easy to tell from the outside where the bracing timbers are in the gable truss. But by 4pm it looked like this.

Unfortunately it also looks like this:

That shake is about 3 feet long and it shouldn't be there. We'll see what Truss-Tech say.

So we didn't get done as much as we had hoped, but at least what we have done is good and straight and true. There are no more days this week when both Ray and I are available, but there are still things I can do on my own. I can start putting in insulation in the bottom cavities and board that in, drill for the cables and even get the door frame installed. So I'm not short of tasks.

 

[Graham Orm]

You're putting some graft in there Steve, it's all hard work. Looking good though. Re the truss, I doubt they will send someone to remove and re fit it so the best option for you is a refund, The'yy prolly offer a replacement at best. Prize the shake open, force in some glue and whizz some long screws through it. That'll be better than new.

 

[buffalobill]

You're putting some graft in there Steve, it's all hard work. Looking good though. Re the truss, I doubt they will send someone to remove and re fit it so the best option for you is a refund, The'yy prolly offer a replacement at best. Prize the shake open, force in some glue and whizz some long screws through it. That'll be better than new.

+1

 

[Steve Maskery]

I was promised a morning delivery for the tiles and roof laths, and it was - just.

Fortunately I had some help and even more fortunately Ray finished his Wednesday schedule by lunchtime so came over for a couple of hours.

So we carried 1300 tiles and appropriate battens down the garden and then set to sheathing the other gable wall.

By 4pm it looked like this:

Enormous thanks to Pebbles who came down by train and worked like a Trojan. Great to meet you, thank you.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

she's going up fast Steve...nice

 

[pebbles]

It was a great day, good to meet you too - and a real pleasure to be involved in a tiny way! Just got back - off for a shower now - wobbly ladder legs! I know I shall sleep like a .... log?!

 

[wcndave]

Steve, this was a few pages ago, however I do think you might regret no windows... Put shutters on either internally or externally.

I could not work without any natural light, and you'll be in there for hours! I would guess you only spend max 5% of your time filming, however with shutters you can still get the light you need.

Of course you'll need to make them secure, however I would do it.

I also like to see my house from the workshop.