Darryl's log home

The crane! We needed to hire a crane for 2 hours to move the garage ridge pole into place and another pole that would act as the garage door lintel. We couldn't move it ourselves using block and tackle as we had no lifting poles in that area of the building.  Darryl had welded U-brackets for the pole to rest on so it wouldn't roll off the top of the wall and crush the neighbors.  (He's checking they are positioned properly.) Now for the garage lintel.  We lifted it up and tried to place it on the pillars but it was a touch too long. Darryl had to shave off a few centimeters for a snug fit. A beautiful, white gum, nice and strong. It's starting to look like a house, now! ___________________________________________

Floor planks Darryl started processing the planking for the loft floor.  We had the planks made from the blue gum Darryl cut down 2 years ago. They had been kiln dried by Forest Creations, but they needed planing and sealing and to be cut to 2,4 lengths. They're heavy! (Wayne - helpful and grinning as usual!)                                                                    These are 'white eucalyptus' planks.      You can see the difference between them and the few 'pink eucalyptuses' planks standing near the        front door.   Doors Darryl and Wayne began to cut away the logs into carry-able sections. Chain-sawing a hole in a wall might look easy, but it took 2 days before the door fitted perfectly into the hole. (Most of Wayne's...