Ground floor frame

Two fine days in the last two weeks!!! Work proceeds slowly between frequent rain showers and hail storms. No let up forecasted :-(

The Timbercrete walls provide much of the load bearing sructure for the upper storey and roof. The ground floor frame provides support in the central section of the building and is married into the Timbercrete structure. This hybird structure is  somewhat novel, so lots of tea breaks and some head scratching required. The tractor FEL boom extension is taking care of all the heavy lifting and is nifty enough to drive around "inside".   I'm pretty happy with the way my first timber peg joints are coming together. I have discovered that the tenon holes can be offset by as much as 4mm and drawn in by a heavy hammer and tappered peg end.