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It wasn’t just the strength of the overhanging trusses that was put to the test today, it was my whole credibility as a constructor.

It took me less time than expected to scramble up there. Oh man, that self timer seemed to take forever.

I felt gross all morning then started feeling better in the afternoon and had a fine afternoon at it. I loved it and felt like I wanted to work forever. Evening plans beckoned though.

I put the dreaded spirit level to the frame, with predictably disappointing results. Then I wedged some bits of wood into place with much force to push the structure closer to vertical. That improved things.

I put all the dwangs in, and about 1 and a half sides of diagonal bracing.

Bill Dowle reckoned that having massive great eves would be quite a hazard when the Canterbury winds rip through, so maybe I’ll abandon that idea of having metres of overhang. He also talked about some silicone spray stuff to water seal the bricks. I’m sure that will be expensive but it might be needed.

I was really pleased to find a use for all of the nails I have bent and discarded. By drilling the holes for the dwangs I was able to whack them in bend or no bend.

Fun fun today.