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Thedreamer

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This was one of the days that I was most excited about, the raising of the roof trusses.

 

Our joiners used our trusses as a template for constructing the gable end panels. 

 

The trusses then just went in one by one. 

 

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3 lengths of Kerto were spiked together to form our central ridge beam.

 

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The middle section of the 1st floor is being hand cut on site by our joiners. Our children will have a room on each gable. The middle section on one side will consist of a cupboard and WC. The other side will be partly vaulted above the living room and this required a steel beam which was fitted by our joiners.

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Crofter

That's a good idea to use the truss as a template for the gable frame. I came up with the same idea shortly after realising that my roof and my gables didn't quite match. Oh well, I'll get it right on the next one :)

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