Someone's Work In Progress

[wobs]

I've been losely following this work on another forum I go on:
http://www.thewoodhaven2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=368

The link is a different forum, as the one I go on is behind a members only wall thing.

This chap's work goes way beyond anything I have ever done, and I can only look on in awe. The photos and discussion are detailed, so I wonder sometimes how he finds the time to do the work!

Anyway, enjoy.

 

[Roger H]

Thanks Wobs. As there were 28 pages I couldn’t wholly track down why he was fitting trusses after the rafters were up. Why was that?

 

[wobs]

Something to do with him doing a renovation rather than a new build. He explains on the other forum here:

This is all a result of me building the modern roof first, then putting the oak up inside that. 300 years ago, walls up to the wall plate (including the studs under the tie, would have come first, as bruto says, then the tie beams, King posts and braces, then principle rafters, then purlins, and finally the secondary (intermediate) rafters, battens, and tile. I have built it, knowingly, in the wrong order, in the interests of getting a dry working environment.

 

[Roger H]

Thanks Wobs. He's rennovating the orginal house but definitely the bit with the truss retrofit is new-build. It's an excellent read.

 

[wobs]

His recent job is to insulate the roof. Using celotex rigid insulation, he's cut them to size, and with the aid of wedges, used expanding foam to keep them in place. See link:
http://www.thewoodhaven2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=368&start=725

He's then boarding over this with 2" Celotex, and then plasterboard.

Is this how most here would do this?

He's thinking about spray insulation in future jobs, as it it easier to install. I have heard bad things about spray on insulation in a rood space, but know little about it.

 

[Penners]

I couldn’t wholly track down why he was fitting trusses after the rafters were up.

I've always thought that we tend to build buildings the wrong way round. Why not put the roof on first? Then we could dig the foundations and build the walls in the dry.

 

[Feltwell]

The Brummies have beat you to that idea Penners.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotunda_(Birmingham)

 

[wobs]

He's now just about finished the extension (see nice kitchen in previous pages in link), and has started renovation of the old part of the house. Currently ripping things out, revealing some interesting finds.
http://www.thewoodhaven2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=368&start=1575

I'm actually following this on another forum that's in a member's only section, but he is also posting the same pictures to the link above.

I can only dream of having woodworking skills as good as his.

 

[Zebra]

I too have heard bad things about spray insulation. Rafters need air flow.

 

[mims&pip]

Very interesting Wobs, thanks for posting

Interesting about the sprayed insulation and timely too, as I will be starting a thread in the near future regarding our options here. We have three separate attic spaces.......only one of which (afaik, having not ventured through the minuscule hatches!) currently has any insulation :roll:

Mims x