Hermanus P & B roof Feb 2016

Queen post truss with collar tie.

Close up of a collar tie - rhs of the truss.

Just a quick thanks to Evan for the site photo's, all the team work makes it possible.  Oh and you certainly won't find me up there with my camera!

80 x 80 spruce rafters bringing the roof together.

Hermanus, post and beam roof Feb 2016.

The one and only P&B custom made roof rack (you can't buy these at Midas!).

 Spruce trusses leaving the Framing Yard, on their way to site

Claremont, collar tie trusses.

Simple collar tie trusses

Trusses are glued and pegged.  Pegs were sanded flush in order to conceal them. 

A french chalk wood wash finish was applied to the spruce.

Private Residence, Tulbagh, Western Cape

OJW embarks on yet another exciting project in the surrounding mountains of the picturesque town of Tulbagh.

6 towering concrete columns, over 9 m in height support all of the structural steel.

Kiln dried spruce beams making up the floor joists.

A view from below the magnificent structure.

Rear elevation.

A front elevation showing the right hand side of the building at virtual ground level and the left hand side elevated by 4 meters.

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Padstone foundations excavated

Steel delivered

1 July 2014

Steel erectors arrive on site

Base camp