First task is to lift the center beam up onto the four main posts ontop of the columns of the wall. This is a monster! 6 pieces of 6" cariolas welded together to make a single 18 m long cavallo!
But, four guys simply grabbed that thing and lifted it up as if it was made of cardboard! Fascinating how much strength these people here have!!!
After that was in place, and the little pieces of cariola that were slid into the grooves on top of the posts were welded onto the center-beam it was stable enough to start attaching the roof trusses.
One by one, all four of the ones that support the east side of the roof were put in place.
I had worried about that a lot - playing the process in my head over and over again. It turned out to be really not much of a big deal after all! Phew! I'm really glad about that!!!
Once the roof-trusses were in place the 6-fold H of 4" cariolas was lifted and put in place, and welded onto the trusses. Now, nothing moves anymore!
Then, from the top down, the remaining 4 pieces of 18 m long 4" cariolas were placed and welded. This all was quite easy!
The first group even started putting the first couple of sheets of zinc (sheet metal) in place, and screwing it onto the finished east side-structure.
By the end of the day, the east side looked already very nice! Structure finished, and 4 runs of the sheet metal in place! Yeay!
Tomorrow will be a difficult day, though, We need to install the trusses for the west side of the roof. They rest on the long columns which need to be mounted onto the little pedestals on the terrace. Not sure how we can get these columns mounted and stable enough that the trusses can be put in place.
Once the trusses are in place, these columns can't move much anymore and we're golden... But how to get there? That's the big question!
No comments:
Post a Comment