28/5/12

Big opening in the lounge/Kitchen

Mark went back over on how to use Moodle and Blogger ect,Due to a bunch of people who have not been keeping up to date with their work.Once we went back over this we had smoko, After smoko we moved back to the house build.I had a look at the board to see what my group was assigned to doing,(half of my group was here) me and Jesse,had to cut the lintel to the length of 3720mm,as the architects had botched up the plans,I ripped 2 90x45mm timber in lengths of 2315mm for the new studs,2 trimmer studs were cut at 1965mm,So double studs finally come into play in stead of blocks.

New dwangs will be made to match,I used a Skilsaw to cut the lintel down to the right length,Made a minor mistake then Cam came and showed us how it was done.A spirit level was used to get the studs all level/plumb.We then realised that the lintel looked slightly bowed.So I set up a dodger block.By the time this happened it was time to pack up and get ready to blog.Tomorrow we will have all the studs in the correct spots and nailed down using 4 inch reds steel nails with the paslode nail gun.And if the lintel is bowed then bracing will be installed and used to pull the bow out.

Amended Plans to comply with NZS3604

2 Trimmer studs along with a stud,another is yet to  be  put in place.

22/5/12

So this morning,We went up stairs to have a quick revise over the different timbers we use in our country ect,After that we then went on to learning about the different treatments for timber that we use for our builds.H1.2,H3.1,H3.2,H.4 and H.5The higher the the number the more protected the timber is against Boreing,Fungus,Dampness basically rotting.H5 are used for piles and fencing along with H4.

H1.2 is mostly used for framing,It is protected from the weather above ground,But with an exposure to moisture.It is protected from borer and fungal decay.

H3.1 and H3.2 is exposed to weathering above ground level with periodic wetting,basically protected against Fungi and borers.
Also used for decks and external beams as long as it does not touch the ground.

H4 is exposed to the weather in the ground or in fresh water,ground contact or conditions of severe weathering,mostly used for fence posts and landscaping timbers.

H5 The highest treated timber,Used for ground contact.To be used for piles posts for decks.

We were given a small chart with a summary as to what each treatment does.Once we had been in the class for an hour we moved back to the EShed where we done our first Wall assessment.After this Me and Tom set out to correct yet another few walls,The first one have the lintel put in the wrong way and the second being that they used 90x45 for a lintel over a wide space when 6x2 was ment to have been used,plus gal nails were not used for the lintel.I cut the 6x2 up to the correct length,1670mm then used galv nails,nailed in at 300mm centers,4 nails for each 300mm row.Each row to be shot in different directions.This is done so the lintel has no way of coming apart at all.

After this I then finished nailling in the Second top plates,After the walls were plumb,A few others went around and used the plumb bob,We then braced From the inside and removed the outside braces as they will be an obstacle later on in the build.

21/03/12

-Class trip to the River.
-Set up Builders Level.

My Contour Plan results.

Today we went down to the river,We were split up into four groups of six.The equipment we had was,A Sopworth Staff,Builders Level,Tripod,Dazzle(Spraycan),and a 30 metre long tap measure.A member in my group sprayed a cross to represent the start of the grid.We set up the Builders level on the tripod and got it level.We sprayed the increments of 5 metre lines inbetween the 30 metre line which added up to six squares, after that we did the 345 to get an accurate line at 90 degrees.Then we replicated what we had done earlier.After we had the grid set up we got the Staff out and I used the builders level to gain the measurements using the line of collimation in the sight of the level.After we had finished that practical activity we headed back to UCOL.Matt showed us how to construct up a contour plan which is mainly used by achitects.The contour plans basically show how rough the terrain is.