Flooring progress
Work continued on the new house over the weekend.
Saturday saw me battling with my Meccano set aka the steel flooring system.
As luck would have it the very first two bearers I needed were to be found at the very bottom of the pile of steel. Accessing them required moving virtually all the steel beams and re-stacking them in 33 degree plus heat!
Our hottest day since January.
Once I found the necessary beams it quickly became obvious that the computer driving the assembly robot had a different view on reality to most of us.
The pictures below shows part of two five meter beams which are meant to be mirror images of each other. Those brackets are meant to line up!
Thankfully the DW came to the rescue and was able to nut out a solution all the while a sick infant constantly demanded attention. I just can not concentrate when kids cry!
Boy am I lucky that the DW can achieve amazing feats of concentration under such circumstances.
The first room I started on was a study. I thought this is small enough to let me learn the tricks and hopefully can easily be finished in a small amount of time.
After a few hours of adjusting things the end result is the first room of steel flooring bearers and joists.
When it didn't rain on Sunday I quickly went back to sealing the dry block-work. Wow three whole days without rain ;)
I was able to get another third of the interior done. The constant trips up and down ladders and scaffolding with 16 kg of spray sealer on your back makes for a tiring but productive day. The sealer was able to dry completely which was lucky as it is once again pouring with rain.
Saturday saw me battling with my Meccano set aka the steel flooring system.
As luck would have it the very first two bearers I needed were to be found at the very bottom of the pile of steel. Accessing them required moving virtually all the steel beams and re-stacking them in 33 degree plus heat!
Our hottest day since January.
Once I found the necessary beams it quickly became obvious that the computer driving the assembly robot had a different view on reality to most of us.
The pictures below shows part of two five meter beams which are meant to be mirror images of each other. Those brackets are meant to line up!
Thankfully the DW came to the rescue and was able to nut out a solution all the while a sick infant constantly demanded attention. I just can not concentrate when kids cry!
Boy am I lucky that the DW can achieve amazing feats of concentration under such circumstances.
The first room I started on was a study. I thought this is small enough to let me learn the tricks and hopefully can easily be finished in a small amount of time.
After a few hours of adjusting things the end result is the first room of steel flooring bearers and joists.
When it didn't rain on Sunday I quickly went back to sealing the dry block-work. Wow three whole days without rain ;)I was able to get another third of the interior done. The constant trips up and down ladders and scaffolding with 16 kg of spray sealer on your back makes for a tiring but productive day. The sealer was able to dry completely which was lucky as it is once again pouring with rain.
posted by Ramsey at
1:27 PM
2 Comments:
Lookin mighty fine, mighty fine. Lots of hard work there. Can't wait to see it complete. Ordered our steel frame yeaterday.
Hi Jane,
Thanks for the comment.
I have been hard at it this week and have completed about 60% of the floor. Unfortunately I worked to dark on my days off so I didn't capture a photo while there was still enough light.
One great aspect of the steel is standing back and seeing very straight lines. More pics with the next update.
As they say "make hay while the sun shines"
Have you covered your new build on your site?
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