Next I started on the arduous task of cleanup and paint.
I probably now have VWF, and the holes from all the knot wheel bristles are still healing.
I was doing them in batches of 3 as 3 sections make a hoop.
Then they got primed and top coated in Brunswick green.
I did 9 to start with over a few days to get me the first two bays up.
There’s are quite a few varied fasteners involved on this thing. I chopped out all the old countersunk bolts and nuts that join the frame sections and replaced with new plain nuts and bolts. I used m8 rather than 3/8” as it doesnt really matter. I also ordered a load of J hooks to attach the purlins to the frame, and diamond washers and self drill roofing screws for the tin.
The guys who used to be in the units next door to me at my old yard did cladding or something. Every so often they’d ’tidy out’ their containers, which meant they emptied half of them into a skip. Me being me i then went through the skip and had all the stuff they’d chucked, mostly tools and fasteners. I’ve still got tones of it stashed away, one highlight being these. I don’t think I have to explain how expensive 316 stainless anchor bolts are, and they were chucking them by the box full?!
Holes were drilled and they were banged in in preparation.
Things escalated quickly at this point, and I soon had the first two bays of framing up with some forklifting. I’d already pre cut and drilled the purlins to spec, half lapped on one end and with the right overhang at the other.
I probably now have VWF, and the holes from all the knot wheel bristles are still healing.
I was doing them in batches of 3 as 3 sections make a hoop.
Then they got primed and top coated in Brunswick green.
I did 9 to start with over a few days to get me the first two bays up.
There’s are quite a few varied fasteners involved on this thing. I chopped out all the old countersunk bolts and nuts that join the frame sections and replaced with new plain nuts and bolts. I used m8 rather than 3/8” as it doesnt really matter. I also ordered a load of J hooks to attach the purlins to the frame, and diamond washers and self drill roofing screws for the tin.
The guys who used to be in the units next door to me at my old yard did cladding or something. Every so often they’d ’tidy out’ their containers, which meant they emptied half of them into a skip. Me being me i then went through the skip and had all the stuff they’d chucked, mostly tools and fasteners. I’ve still got tones of it stashed away, one highlight being these. I don’t think I have to explain how expensive 316 stainless anchor bolts are, and they were chucking them by the box full?!
Holes were drilled and they were banged in in preparation.
Things escalated quickly at this point, and I soon had the first two bays of framing up with some forklifting. I’d already pre cut and drilled the purlins to spec, half lapped on one end and with the right overhang at the other.
