30th May

Tools used - Hammer, dog tail, straight edge, level, nail gun [gas and air] radial saw, 8m tape, sharp pencil,

safety gear used - safety muffs, boots and glasses

Today was spent on finishing straighting and plumbing the walls.
Then nailing them off  2x100mm galv nails 2 in the top and 2 in the bottom of the blocks [all the blocks up the length of the stud]

Then we started putting in the last of the dwangs. measure each one then cut with the radial saw. Nailed them in from beneath. Most angled up from the outside of the stud [when possible] other wise they were nailed up into the dwang itself back into the stud [again 2 x 100mm galv nails]

29th May

First hour was spent on the different types of roofs
and trusses

Hip roofs - pitched on all sides / apes, ridge runs along the top / hips are where 2 roof plans meet [exterior] / valley, where 2 internal roof plans meet

Gable roofs - where the ends are a triangle section of the wall

Dutch gable roof - this has both parts of a hip and gable roof

Mansard roof - has 2 angled parts to the roof with the side are also on an angle

Skillon roof - often has only a single pitch with both the roof and ceiling aalong the same pitch

Mono pitch roof - where the roof runs on a single pitch and the ceiling runs on the horizontal plan

Then the different types of roof trusses

Common truss - bottom and top cords / the pitch is the angle of the roof / webs are the internal pieces of timber / put together with nail plates

Girder truss - longer than a common truss with extra webs / vertical and angled

Troncated girder truss - has no top, used Hip roofs

Troncated jack truss - small trusses used on a hip roof

 then we continued the  plumbing and nailing off the internal walls [2 x 4inch nails at the top and bottom of each block] and nailed the bottom plate to floor [3 x 4inch nails at 600 centres]

last session was spent on putting up the trusses.

first we put up the troncated girder truss then conected the troncated jack truss, then the first of the grider truss. These trusses were tack in. The process was repeated on the other end.of the house.

then a string line was run between the 2 grider trusses to make it quicker to line up the rest of the grider trusses. As these trusses went up temp braces was nailed along the outside to keep the trusses standing up right. Once they were all up 4by2 was then nailed along the bottom of the trusses to stop any horizontal movement [plus we were told this increased the strength of the trusses by 80 percent].

       

28th May

Tools used:- ear, foot protection, hammer and nails, 30m and 8m tape measures, string line, straight edge, level

Today we continued to check the top plates were straight by setting up a string line across the top plate then using blocks at each end and a dodger to check along the entire length,

Where the top plate was out, we adjusted the braces to either move the plate out or inwards a few mm

After 1pm we started on making sure each wall was parallel. We took measurements starting from the outside walls taking measurements from each corner, checking they were the same [when they were out we moved the frame [only by mm] so the were the same, then had to check they were plumb as well]

   

   

21st May

First hour was spent on theory on checking the walls are plumb using a blump bob and staright edge with the level

then had to add abit more to the blogs to finish off task for site set out

after launch carried on with the erecting of the exterior frames. Once that was done we started to level and plumb the corners then straight the bottom plates

14th May

Today we finished the contruction of the interior frames
Then went on to the exterior frames

9th May

Today we went up to the other build and started to put up the ceiling gib
Had a run down on how to apply the adhesive 200, 400 800, 1m, making sure not to screw through the adhesive.
 Where and how far apart the screws go in
Measuring and cutting each sheet of gib , cutting out holes for the lights
How to lift the sheets into place and screwing them in

8th May

Tools:- 8m tape, 1m fold rule, sharp pencil, square, radial arm saw, compressed air nail gun

Hazards:- radial saw, nail guns [noise, miss use of these tools]

Protective Gear:- ear muffs and safety boots, safety glasses

morning session was spent on group presentation on piles [1 hour]

the rest of the day was spent measuring the last of the bottom and top plates, then we started tp nail them together - studs, timmers, blocks and gwangs, then the lintel, finished off with the jack studs

7th May

• Tools:- 8m tape, 1m fold rule, sharp pencil, square,
• Hazards:- frames laid out so had to be careful not to trip over them / noise from the saws and nail guns
• Protective Gear:- ear muffs and safety boots

The morning session was sent on piles. In our groups we had to look up Piles [we had foundation piles]

The rest of the day was sent out finishing of marking all the top and bottom plates. Then we started to put the frames together

2nd may

• tools: 30m tape, 8m tape, fold rule, pencil [sharp], sliding square

First part of class was sent on learning the different parts of a timber frame - top plates, bottom plate, lintel [placed above opening, taking the load of then], timmer studs [holds the lintel up] sill trimmer [windows sit on], studs [take the verical loas from the top plate to the bottom plate] dwangs [bracing between the studs], blocks [single - exterior corners, and doubles - wear wall meet], jack studs [below and above openings / not a full stud] double studs [2 studs next to trimmer studs].
Then we did an exercise describing each part, giving it to another student to work out what we had just described

The rest of the day was sent making in all these parts on the bottom and top plates