Lifting the Tie Beams

Lifting the tie beams

This June has been one of the wettest for many years which has meant that work has alternated between the garage and the shed site often two or three times in the same day. 

The four tie beams were cut to length fairly early on in June and I hoisted these into position ready to mark the mortices and rebates that need to be cut - one of these is now completed. 

End wall posts in place

Because of the uncertainty of the weather, rather than continue working on the tie beams, I started cutting the wall posts and transoms for one of the end frames. These are now finally in position. The next job (weather permitting) will be to mark and cut to shape the three remaining tie bars and begin work on the other end frame.

Finishing the front frame

Front and rear frames in position

The front frame is now finished. After cutting the final brace to shape and fitting the two corner braces the next job will be to start on the end/roof frames. In preparation for this I moved the timber for the four wall posts and four tie beams from the pile in the garden to the site of the shed. Hard work, but seeing the pile of wood diminish was very encouraging.

Wall posts and tie beams ready to begin cutting