Fitting the beam

Well I decided to get this update written today rather than lump it in with tomorrow. Let's get to it.

Rosie showing off her new trousers

The sun rises over the village

This morning Angela was up and well enough to help with Rosie's hair again which was great, but I still ran her to school which was also fun. On the way back the view from the top of the village was amazing but my camera couldn't capture the peach haze. Amazing.

Getting the beam into the roof

Bekir builds a prop

The new prop is secure

Chiseling out the old beam

Cutting the new beam to size

Our new grinder and it's great

A hole for the new beam

Getting the beam into position

Tying the half wooden beam to the old upright

Fixing it all in place

I was back to work again and was disturbed early by the sound of the men lifting the 5m beam left over from the carport up the stairs. They got it to the landing outside Room 13 then I went out and helped a bit. First of all I enabled Rosie's Model Railway to be shifted out the way as much as possible and then I leant a (very slight) hand in the hefty task of manouvering it into the roof space. It went up OK, and now we need to buy another and get it up there again. Anyway, this was their task for the day so next Bekir built a temporary prop (if only I had a couple of accro props that would have been a 2 minute job, not half an hour, but never mind) and then they removed the old upright and cut out the wooden beam that we will be replacing. They had to go out today to buy a new grinder as the old one was not fixable however very quickly they got the new beam cut to size and lifted into place. It was then the task for the rest of the day to fix it in securely which they did with welding and straps; I don't think it will go anywhere.

Rosie driving her car

When Rosie came home from school she demanded to have her police car and went and put out the cones for her course herself. She had a great time!

So there it is; I did get it done. Thanks for reading, and back tomorrow.