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7th June 2020, 06:06 PM #1
The bolts were tight when I went in that night !
What should I do? I'm sure we tightened the nuts and bolts when we finished that part .
Came out after a windy night to see this ! After all that work
Ill need a push up .
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What do you think is going on ?
One of my favorite pictures from my shed build .
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7th June 2020, 07:29 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Can't see any bracing.
Foundation is pulled out of the ground.
How deep?
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7th June 2020, 07:35 PM #3Senior Member
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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
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7th June 2020, 07:49 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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Hah. Ya got me... Well spotted.. I now see the foundation pads sitting nowhere near the posts...
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7th June 2020, 08:17 PM #5
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.The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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7th June 2020, 10:04 PM #6
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
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7th June 2020, 10:18 PM #7
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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7th June 2020, 10:39 PM #8Senior Member
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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
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8th June 2020, 12:00 AM #9
That shed looks better than the house!
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8th June 2020, 12:00 AM #10
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 doingThe person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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8th June 2020, 02:03 AM #11
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
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8th June 2020, 02:23 AM #12
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.
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8th June 2020, 02:34 AM #13
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.
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8th June 2020, 02:31 PM #14Senior Member
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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.
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Up,up and away.
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