South Devon Self Build

Got any pics/details on the splice in the bean? What size was it?

29 minutes ago, Onoff said:

Got any pics/details on the splice in the bean? What size was it?

Splice was 470mm x 120mm and 100mm x 100mm on the face.

That genie lifts are cracking wee bits of kit! Our second ridge beam is going up tomorrow.

Edited July 24, 2017 by Alexphd1

Looks good, are you stick building this on site. I want to do this to save a few quid, stick built my last house but it seems a rare thing to do here. 

Edited August 8, 2017 by Russell griffiths

Aha. Just seen your other topic. ?

5 hours ago, Alexphd1 said:

That genie lifts are cracking wee bits of kit! Our second ridge beam is going up tomorrow.

 

Have you got no diagonals on that kwikstage ..?? Braver man than me .... 

They have just been dropped off to the site today.  Fairly firm it up!

Adding some boards on the bottom transoms and then putting a few blocks onto those also stops the movement too ..!! 

On 7/24/2017 at 16:48, Alexphd1 said:

That genie lifts are cracking wee bits of kit! Our second ridge beam is going up tomorrow.

Very impressed with Genies, our steel was only 4.7m high though still felt a little vulnerable. Just need to take it slowly.

I wanted to use Genie lifts but had to get six 7.7m beams into the roof space which was a challenge due to having an existing roof in the way .... 

 

We used this bad boy ..!

 

Thats a 4.5m jib on an 8m telehandler ..!

2 hours ago, PeterW said:

I wanted to use Genie lifts but had to get six 7.7m beams into the roof space which was a challenge due to having an existing roof in the way .... 

 

We used this bad boy ..!

 

Thats a 4.5m jib on an 8m telehandler ..!

Excellent jib job. We improvised with 2 lengths of 4.8 bolted on to the bucket of the digger to lift 6m glulams into place. Worked a treat.

 

 

Can you tell me who did the design and engineering for the frame. 

3 hours ago, Russell griffiths said:

Can you tell me who did the design and engineering for the frame. 

My Dad engineered the frame and I designed the building wth some help from an architect friend.  We employed an SE for the ridge beams and first floor load. PM me if you want more info.