Another sunny weekend and Saturday was spent with friends so only Sunday available for building. I didn't manage to get too much done but I did get the four walls secured to each other. I spent a fair time ensuring the walls were square and upright so it took a little longer than you might think to do. Also, I couldn't get the clamps behind the timber frame (only 1" gap between them and the wall), I had to attach some wooden battens to the side walls to allow me to clamp them tightly together. The result of the time spent is that I'm very pleased with the squareness of the frame. The next thing I need to do is improve the stiffness of the walls, adding more screws and attaching bracing behind the stud work. Although I wasn't able to get a great deal done it still felt good to get this job done - another one off the list...a lot more to go!
31st May 2009:
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