Bearers sitting on top of the piles, every corner and diagonal measured and re measured. Today we had to anchor the bearers to the piles using braces. Run string lines and take out any bows to make the very parallel lines with our timber. But before any thing was to happen. We set up our dumpy and went around finding our heights, calculating we filled the gaps with plastic packers to raise them and make them all the same level. Once done, we split into 3 teams. 1 team worked on the smoko shed and the other with the straightning of the bearers.
-Set up dumpy
-Find levels and pack to all the same height
-Check diagonals to make sure everything was still squared
-Run string line down side, pull extra tight, look down the line to see where the bows were
-Measuring from the datum, we took it upto the next concrete pile and measured out the same
-Once bang on we screwed the brace into the pile then onto the bearer
-With the bow bits, we nailed a bit of timber to the underside of the bearer, found our flush line using the string line then nailed the other end into the pile. Keeping that bearer dead straight
-Going the whole way along checking and applying
-Once the outside bearer was bang on, we could then do the same for the middle bearer using the same technique
So now we have a FFL (finish floor level) where no matter where you put a spirit level, it will always be correct. We have bearers now anchored and braced to the concrete piles with each bearer dead straight and support beams holdings the bearers in between the piles. Today was all about re checking, making sure nothing was left out. Cos if the floors out, the next stage will be hard, then the next and so on. So making sure you have the bearers/piles all correct makes the next stage run smoothly.
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