Plates of steel

Our special heavy timber trusses, built on site from the Barwon Heads bridge timbers, are to be assembled using 10mm steel plates cut to engineers plan using laser cutting technology.

Plates made from black steel and allowed to rust.

Toolbox

Because we are heading into winter we have created a little toolbox to keep the tools dry when the weather comes in. It will probably retire to a second life as a new chook shed.

The little toolbox that will be a chook shed

House of sticks

The arrival of the framing timbers marks the beginning of the next phase of the building. Going vertical. Framing is always an exciting part of the build, as the spaces, views and scale all take shape. Apart from the the large span trusses in the lounge area which feature the Barwon Heads bridge timbers, the bulk of the framing will use locally sourced plantation pine from Carter Holt

Packs of timber ready for framing

Clean up the timbers

The Barwon Heads bridge timbers came complete with the remnants of the road surface. Before cutting the timber to construct the lounge area, the tar and stones were removed with a hammer chisel and wire brushes. We found the task was reasonably easy to do on a hot day when the tar was soft.

Timbers cleaned up and ready to cut to size