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.