8kn straps

Today me and Keron finished off the centre ceiling brace and the we fixed on 8kn connector plates to the roof.

steel shed

Today we unsrewed this steel shed and straped them up and put it away for the next class to build it. After i done that i went back on site to help mason and sonny to fix the out riggers on to the fly rafters.

finishing off scafolding

Today we finished off the scaffolding and finally put the planks up.

Scaffolding

Today all on site setting up the scaffolds,we separated and half of the boys started setting out the length of the house while me,pereri,afe,zeethan,mana and

charles finished off what we stared yesterday. First we made sure all the poles had soul plates underneath and made sure that the poles were straight then after that we put the brace for the bottom on then after that  we put the put-logs on to straighten the whole scaffold.

Ceiling Batterns

Today we put up our Ceiling Batterns up The other Boys pu up the Batterns While Marty Taught me,pereri and erin hoe to set a scafold.

Setting out our own Wall Frame.

25/05/2011

Today we learnt how to set out a wall frame on site. I learned that its is better to mark both top and bottom plate together when laminated to have correct measurements when nailing in the studs.

Wall frames up

24/05/2011

Today we finished off richards flooring while Marty marked out where our wall frames goes, Once we finished marking we set up the walls according to the plan, and then used a straight edge to square the corners. Then finaly when the wall frames wer up all the boys nailed the frames together and then left me and erin  with the straight edge to square all the corners of the  frames.