Update on the Build

There has been a lot of progress on the build since my last update.

We rebuilt the tops of the walls on the lean-to and cemented wooden wallplates onto the top to take the new roof that will be put on shortly.

The lean-to is now securely covered with tarpaulins to keep out the worst of the weather.

After Christmas Adam build the two stone lucarnes on the south side, due to the sloping ground the wall is  higher on this side than on the north side. Although it's not a huge difference it makes all the work just that bit higher on the scaffold and, as neither of us are that great at heights, it's been an additional challenge. The scaffold is along most of the south elevation of the building.

After three lucarnes we've now got the process of winching up the 150kg stone lintels running smoothly; first lift about 3m to a scaffold platform, secure the block, move up the winch to the top bar on the scaffold, measure the height and the chain lengths carefully (don't want to end up with 150kg of stone hanging in the air just below where we want it .... ), carefully swing it over the uprights and a final lift onto the prepared cement bed. Here's what it looks like in pictures:

It's now possible to get an idea of what the south elevation will look like when it's finished: