Category Archives: Construction Facilities

Cold nights and moist air causes “rain” inside our shed each morning at this time of year. And boy have there been some cold mornings. There have been about 5 mornings that have gone down to freezing. There’s no problem … Continue reading →

Complete, but not finished. I guess a farm shed is really never finished. But they will have to wait! There is a bigger project to get started. Better start tidying up.

Progress is fast now. Battens up on the main part of the roof. Some roofing going on. Still planning to add a skillion to the east side as well, but it is starting to look like a shed now.

Keith has brought the trusses on his truck. Big trusses; over 8m, so it is a big truck. I was worried about it cracking the concrete floor. The concrete is over 20 years old, and the thickness was quite minimal … Continue reading →

All the beams are up. The rafters and battens have been put up on the western skillion to provide some bracing prior to the trusses going up. I thought we were all set for the trusses. I had expected the … Continue reading →

I took a day off work on rec leave to get into the construction. I had hoped that I would get 2 of the 6 beams up in the day, but in the end, only 1 was bolted in place. … Continue reading →

For now, the demolishing has finished, and construction commenced. The remaining structure has helped with supporting the steel columns, or which 6 of the 8 main columns are now stood. Around the outside, another 8 smaller columns will support a … Continue reading →

Well… flattened as much as possible for now. I have left up a bit of frame over the old bath/laundry/toilet area. I think this will make it easier to get the new frame up. We’ve been cleaning the floor and … Continue reading →

Another weekend of demolition. Starting to see the slab now. Maybe one more weekend cleaning up, and we might be able to start building the new shed.

The old shack is coming down. We have spent the weekend pulling off the old cement roof and removing burning infested timber. The more we do, the more we find needs to be done! Materials are now ordered for the … Continue reading →