Up until 19 July

Nicky keeping his eye on the build

Home Again

The exhausted team arrived home safely just a little after 12 today and quietly dispersed for their all too short week end.
They have worked hard, for which we are sincerely grateful.
Back to Plett on Monday.

Thursday 5 July

• Common rafters being fitted.

• Tongue and fork joint at the apex fixed with an oak peg.  

• The west annexe will run into this side creating a valley up the roof.

View from the north, inside the trusses

Photo showing the queen posts, principal rafters, braces, purlins and common rafters

Roof waiting to receive sarking boards

The rafters just need spacing and cutting into the valleys then the roof will be ready for the sarking boards

Beginning to take shape

Inside looking up at the roof.  Purlins on and roof braces fitted.

Wednesday 4 July

Progress from the beach framed by a moody sky

Keurbooms changing skyline

The reward at the end of a hard days work was to drive away and see the silhouette in the dusk on the skyline.

Thursday 28 June - Up, Up and Away

The first spruce bent queen post frame assembled and ready to be lifted into place.
Four in total will be erected, each weighing approximately 3/4 of a tonne.
The frame was assembled in situ and pulled up by a two tonne block and tackle which was securely fixed to a purpose made mast.  The mast towered the frame giving the correct height for pulling the frame up.

Once the frame was erect it was temporarily secured to the existing brick work, waiting to receive the connecting girts and knee braces.
This was repeated with bent frames numbers 2, 3 and 4 until the skeletal frame was complete.

Our Fabulous Team

OK - the main part of the roof is off !

Here is Clever Keith being very brave.

Clever Keith & Sharp Chisels 

would you call this an interior shot?

Toriq the Truss

Sir Sevie the Shining Saw

White on Blue

Mike the Mighty (might he?)

Eric the Full-Back

Our friend Glenda, who can't stay away, says that all the builders in Plettenberg Bay should be invited to Orca to see our team in action.  Why ?  Because the co-ordination of the team-work is so impressive. No hanging about, no glum looks - they just so obviously enjoy what they're doing!  Thank you Team!

We think we definitely made the right choice when we chose Overberg Joinery Works as our principal contractors.