14/8/12

We went upstairs for a class session with Matt this morning.We went back over the types of wood that can be used in the building industry.There are 3 different catagories that we put them into;Indigenous,Exotic and imported.We went back over these as we have a written assessment to do tomorrow.

After the classroom went headed back to the e shed where we carried on with the build.I continued with the scribers,I have got all my scribers within reasonable distance on the weatherboards.I had to go and nail off the remainder of the wall claddings on the house.Me and Conan went to the Joinery room with Matt and ripped down some weatherboards on the table saw.Then we marked out where the window openings were on the board.I also learned how to make head flashings for the windows.I used snips to cut the flashings to the right lengths.Then they are nailed above the windows.The weatherboard that is cut to fit can then be put up and nailed off.

16/7/12

Back side of the house.

We went back over scaffolding today to refresh our minds about the names of the members.We then went ahead with the house build.Me and Haydn carried on with the Soffiets,Got all of the ones done that we had access to.200mm centers for the nailing off to the soffiet plate and 830mm centers for the outriggers.The boards slot into the plastic tabs.After this Me and Brad continued on with weather boards.We managed to get ,most of the boards up for half of the house.The cut ends were primed up.Then the boards were nailed to the studs.The next thing we done was grabbed a straight edge and ruled down the boards as to where the studs are behind the boards.Then i used the builders square,and adjusted it to 35mm and marked off where the holes were to be pre drilled.Jolt head 3 inch nails were then nailed in to fix the boards to place.

lounge Window

Window Flashings were also being put in by another group,Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to get stuck into them aswell just to speed things up a bit.The Ceiling battens are basically all in place now and ready for the gib.We should have the windows all tacked and nailed in.The top flashings will be finished tomorrow.

I think we will be starting to build a timber scaffolding in the next week or 2 for our assessments which will be good.