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Archive for November, 2007

The grand opening!

The building is completed on time, and Dan cuts the (banding) ribbon to open the Space of Waste to the public.
For photos of the finished building please see the Results page at the top of the screen…

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Hammer time…

The upturned carpet tiles are nailed into place on the roof

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A baleful wall…

The bales require a bit of persuasion to fit between the trusses

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Happy ever rafter…

The rafters prove to be more time consuming than originally thought, but eventually we get them all in place.

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We erected the timber frame in record time, using the wall panels to set out the column positions.

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After a late night design meeting in the pub the night before a few tweaks to the design were decided upon.

Friday was spent manically running around getting the last components ready for the next week, but the opportunity to enjoy one last sandwich from the local bakery was not to be wasted.

Team Beam Bodge [...]

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Day 2: Dizzy Heights

At the start of day 2 we literally picked up where we left off. The pace of production seen the previous day continued, with the team working on the wall panels and timber frame structure simultaneously.After a minor setback with beam 2 ( I say minor, but it took the whole day to rectify), due to all components varying in width. [...]

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