Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie 56Apr 19, 2019 5:06 pm This week has seen some great progress with the building team onsite 4 days. They have focussed on getting the steel posts, wooden beams and windows in, as well as preparing the large (200x200mm and 3, 3.6 and 6m length) posts that support the roof on the granny flat and house. Those big hardwood posts are very heavy. The smaller ones are almost all in place. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The large steel posts and beams for the high wall which contains the large sliding door pack and the windows over - about 4.4m high - required a crane to lit the cross beams in. But careful placement of the viertical steel posts and measurement of the heights of the plates they rest in saw it all happen in minutes each. The vertical steel posts in the middle supporting the upper rails also slipped in easily. The team has done a great job in getting everything set right to accept posts and beams. I haven't been much help this week owing to having some kind of bug and being really, really tired. Best I could do was run to the local building supplies place for wood, screws etc and up to Port Macquarie for bigger stuff at Bunnings and Fastplast. I also got the measurements fully checked for the roof and got the final schedule for materials checked, signed off and the Versiclad roof ordered. It will take about 3 weeks to arrive. So progress is good. The team are taking the next week including Anzac Day off, as am I. I have friends coming to stay and will relax with them for a little while and get over this bug. Re: Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie 57May 16, 2019 6:15 pm The week after Easter was a rest period and I had visitors to the Metal Mansion. The team who would help with the roof were also taking a break. In the week after that, Steve and I did some more prep work on the Monday and then the rest of the team came in on Tuesday. There is still plenty of work to get ready for the roofing. More prep work is going on, finalising truing and plumbing, top rails and prepping the tops for the Versiclad. These roof panels require a flat, finished and smooth surface to sit on. This is the big sliding door in the living area going in. It is huge. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The big door fits!! Woohoo!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then the Versiclad panels arrive, thoroughly well packed with lots of foam in between and around them, and covered with very think plastic. Lots of it. And lots more, and more, and more as I found out later trying to clear it away. Two full semi trailer loads all the way from Sydney. Some of the 150mm thick panels are 13.2 metres long and weigh 140kgs. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie 58May 16, 2019 7:47 pm So we now have the Versiclad panels on the ground, securely wrapped. Next step is to book the crane, organise the team and get ready to put it all up on the top of th eframes. So final prep is done and the big job I have been waiting so long for begins. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie 60May 18, 2019 2:57 pm As I promised here are more pics of the roof going on. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The last one is the placement of the beam on top of the leaning hardwood posts which support the roof for the outdoor eating area. That beam is at almost 6 metres high. Well these guys are not looking good... I sent them a written enquiry last week and they have not yet replied. If they cannot respond to a simple… 4 10632 It is in lake macquarie area and dimensions are width 14 m and depth 8 m and the slope is 1/5 going down from the road. 1 7089 I looked into it a few years ago and my conclusion was to just build a carport that will support panels and get a system installed separately. The company I looked at had… 1 6483 |