Hen House Part 3

Once the base was completed it was onto the frame.  The nine posts were cut to length and notched to accept the purlins.   That proved to be the easy bit...


A jig was made up on an old pallet to help cut the roof angle for the end frames and the roof joists.  All the frames were screwed together with 6x100mm screws and then these were in turn screwed to the posts and sleeper base.

It took about 3 days to make all 6 frames and then assemble them.

The shiplap cladding had to be fixed on the hip ends before the roof trusses could be installed.  Again the jig proved useful to get all the angles right.  We did think about cladding the frames first, however, they would have been too heavy to lift so it will all have to be put on in-situ.

I am borrowing a nail gun to do the rest of the cladding which should hopefully save my fingers from being repeatedly hit with a hammer.

That was as far as I got in a my week off and then it was back to work.  The rest will have to be completed at weekends.