Frame Raising - the original flat pack!
Finally the day has arrived to raise the frame. I had some help from my friend Peter and his lorry in getting the frame from the workshop...
Oak Frame Finished
The new green oak frame is now finished, and stacked up in storage, ready to be raised sometime in July. The last job on the frame was...
The New Frame - oak arrives
This is a fairly major part of the whole project - the framing of the new oak frame that will form the basis of the rear extension. Here...
Green Oak Frame - Roof
Now that all the cross frames are done its time to turn our attention to the roof - namely the purlins and windbraces which will in turn...
Green Oak Frame - Sling Brace Cross Frame
I thought this cross frame deserved its own post because it looks so flippin' awsome! This is the last truss to frame and will form the...
Green Oak Frame - Cross frames
Now that the both side walls are complete its time to begin the first of four cross frames. As usual the main component timbers the make...
Green oak frame - side walls
The first sections of the frame to be built are the side walls. We're working on on side wall at a time. Here the joints for 'top plates'...
