Archive for September, 2004

Our Project – Week 8

The concrete is laid for the first floor. The wooden casing for the stairway upstairs is built and all the remaining RSJs are welded into place. We can really get a good feel of the aspect of the house now that we have a good idea where the roof will be!
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Our Project – Week 7

The remaining RSJs are welded into place, and the first floor is started. The same process is followed; a wooden shell is built to support the main concrete beams, the concrete blocks are laid along with the iron mesh reinforcing, and the base-plates for the RSJs put into place. The stairs between the garage and [...]

Our Project – Week 6

Another busy week! The whole of the ground floor was laid. This consisted of basically propping up a floor of special concrete blocks, and then filling it with concrete. As you can see, the first RSJs forming the main structure of the house were welded onto their base-plates.