Brian and the Roof beams

Tina’s dad Brian is down for a friends party and kindly stays on for a few days to assist. First job we put up the gutter and wait for rain. While we wait for the main roof beams to be delivered we make all the support posts and we welded on all the brackets. I got the plates pre-fabricated this time with all the holes punched and cut to length which saved heaps of effort.

3 main beams arrive and after we are set up Brian welds on all the end plates and cleats. There was some delay between the delivery of the remaining beams so we carried on to other jobs. We did this all week in hot dry conditions on top of metal shipping containers. Hard work, but we had cold beers to keep us hydrated. So by the end of the week all 10 main roof beams are welded up with all the posts made as well. Just need to weld on the end cleats which I’m getting made this weekend of course then Tina needs to paint them.

So a special thanks to Brian who’s help has progressed us weeks ahead.