Thread: The bolts were tight when I went in that night !

Can't see any bracing.
Foundation is pulled out of the ground.
How deep?

Originally Posted by auscab

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What do you think is going on ?

It looks to me like the roof was assembled at ground level and now a crane is lifting it up before bolting the legs to the footings and putting on the walls. If it had actually fallen that far from wind I reckon it would have gone all the way, and posts would be bent.

Cheers Andrew

Hah. Ya got me... Well spotted.. I now see the foundation pads sitting nowhere near the posts...

You can forget about an insurance claim, their first question is "where was the bracing, can't see any''
Don't get underneath it is the first thing you don't do.
I would get a rope and very gently pulling from a safe distance finish what the wind started and then start all over again with bracing this time with people who know what they are doing.
Also pre-empting anyone with well intentioned "how to fix it without putting it on the ground' ideas DON"T even suggest them, keep them to yourself.

Originally Posted by AJ.

It looks to me like the roof was assembled at ground level and now a crane is lifting it up before bolting the legs to the footings and putting on the walls.
Cheers Andrew

That's it Andrew . The Crane leg is just visible left side .

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The Roof was lifted , legs were hanging by one bolt each and were in place from day one when it was assembled . As it came up they dangled into position then bolted down top and bottom. The guy had it all bolted up in half an hour and then the braces went on . The chains from the crane were removed after that.

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Pretty amazing thing to see.
He was telling me how it was going to work from the start and I was saying "OK I believe you". Not fully understanding. He kept saying the work saves from having to assemble it if its done in the air . Yeah! after watching the whole thing I understood .
Its a high shed . 4.2 eve and over 5M up top.

Rob

Shed is 18M x 12M . Built around two years ago now .

The string lines laid over the footing holes. The holes are around 450 x 1M deep . .
The Concrete truck came in and the string lines were taken off. Concrete poured , string lines replaced and the Steel footings pushed in and leveled with laser level . Very precise.
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Then the roof starts to get built sitting on the footing

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The 150 x 50 trusses I think were a 3mm wall thickness?

The sag in the ends showed from this angle .

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I have never had the luxury of building a shed that way, I haven’t even seen it done but was aware that it’s often done. Watching a good shed builder at work is a real pleasure, but I guess that’s the case for anyone that’s good at what they do.

Cheers Andrew

That shed looks better than the house!

That will teach me to keep my mouth shut!!!! and take the time to analyse more carefully. Good one
At least I nwas right about having people who know what they are doing

Originally Posted by AJ.

I have never had the luxury of building a shed that way, I haven’t even seen it done but was aware that it’s often done. Watching a good shed builder at work is a real pleasure, but I guess that’s the case for anyone that’s good at what they do.

Cheers Andrew

The guy that built this was a one man show . Until the crane guy appeared for the roof lift. He was good to watch , in his late 60s. Did the whole thing. Some of the work on the ladder finishing the roof and the end sheets was something that he must have been used to . I couldn't do that 5 M up a ladder.
Then the concrete blokes came in . 7 guys in one day. 4 of them left after the pour and the last three finished it.

Rob

Originally Posted by woodPixel

That shed looks better than the house!

That's the Shack . The bush shack that was the get away before they built a house. There is not much holding it up these days but it should survive with a bit of fixing up . Its got a fair amount of white ant having a good time in the walls atm . It'll end up being a bit of an office, A place for design, drawing board and some books.

Originally Posted by rwbuild

That will teach me to keep my mouth shut!!!! and take the time to analyse more carefully. Good one
At least I nwas right about having people who know what they are doing

Easy to do Ray , Lol . I had a laugh !
We have all done it at some stage when we start getting up in the amount of posts.
It was a bit of a set up for that too . You had to read right to the very end for the little

Lucky I put that in . I did a few edits after first posting . And that was one thing added.
Realized I may get in trouble the way it first sounded.

Nice photo, have to admit I was wondering (what the hell) at first glance till I enlarged the image and spotted the post not near the footings. Footing size I had to do 1.8m x 600 for my posts, damn lot of cement.

Up,up and away.