Europe?
The Cook Shed
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Oui. St Emilion.
I thought that picture smelled like France 
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That chair spot is my kind of heaven!
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We are looking at building a garden/sun room when our new house is finished. I’ve talked to a manufacturer of building kits that give you the choice of screws or pegged mortise and tenon connections. They produce them to your design in Douglas or Oak. Its not uncommon here in Europe.
Was that the venue next to the old covered washing basin in St Emilion?
Was that the venue next to the old covered washing basin in St Emilion?
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There are companies that make kits in the US as well. None of them that I found make them out of pressure treated material though… and I ultimately wanted to build it myself.
The old covered washing basin is part of an Italian restaurant in St Emilion. The vineyard and Chateau Hotel are also in St Emilion but about 5 minutes outside of the city center towards Pomerol.
Well at least you are thinking about the important stuff over there!
It was funny, my wife recognized the location without even knowing it was from the forum.
We visited the region a few years ago on one of our wine trips, great places to go.
Looks like you had a good time too.
Love the cook shed build btw.
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and I have been traveling since late April except for last week. Finally got back home yesterday and was determined to get something done on this project today. In full disclosure, I did cut the three top tenons and mortise joints for the King Posts to Ridge Beam connections last week. We had so much other stuff going on though those were done catch as catch can over several days. Now, back to today. Finished the last 4 knee braces so that's the last 8 of 54 tenons on the project. 8 more mortise joints and those 54 will be done. After much consideration, I have decided that trying to stick build this assembly in the air isn't a great idea so my plan is to peg this assembly together on the ground. I can easily lift it vertical and carry it over to the cook shed slab with my tractor but I will need something larger to lift the assembly into place. Looking at renting a small carry deck crane. Looks like it might just work....or it might just not work; but hopefully the former.
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Finished up the ridge beam / king post assembly this morning. Nice tight joints. Now all I need is a crane for a couple of hours.
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wood work looks great!
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I am sure that I'm getting some shrinkage but it's not manifesting into anything noticeable. No idea on the moisture content but by observation some timbers were dryer than others but none were "sopping" wet. All of these timbers were stored indoors before and after I bought them so it's not like they were actually wet from rain (except of course for the ones that are now in place without a roof). These timbers were sawn from the center of pretty large pines as the grain appears tight and the wood is very dense. You can certainly smell the pine rosin when you cut or drill into them. That also helps to minimize shrinkage due to moisture loss.
Not sure how much of the thread you read but the mortise and tenon joints are connected using a "drawbore" technique. I won't repeat the details, it's easy enough to google, but that method should keep the joints tight even with some shrinkage.
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Thanks. I have enjoying building this one but I'm pretty sure it's one and done. I'm already looking for a shadow box for those two timber framing chisels.
As you might have gathered already, these are not your mother's pressure treated timbers. I have also been in HD or similar stores searching for a half dozen or so PT 2x4s that I can use immediately only to watch the water splatter every time you slap two together.
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Picking up a 4 Ton carry deck crane this afternoon so I went ahead and staged the ridge beam assembly with the tractor. Nice to have a decent tractor. I estimate that's 1000lbs of timber +/- 200lbs or so, depending on density. Kubota acted like it was nothing.
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19' of boom wasn't enough given that the crane was staged on the high side of the slab. We had to abort the first lift and put the 8' jib on the crane. After that it was pretty easy to get the assembly in place. My son and BIL manned a tagline on each end while I operated the crane. Once the assembly was close though I handed the crane over to my better half while I fit the joints together. She did great.
Today we're starting on the 4x12 rafters. The first step is to cut out the pattern in a 2x12 and make sure it fits. Then I can start cutting and placing the rafters. At ~150 lbs each I really need to get them in place while I have the crane.
Today we're starting on the 4x12 rafters. The first step is to cut out the pattern in a 2x12 and make sure it fits. Then I can start cutting and placing the rafters. At ~150 lbs each I really need to get them in place while I have the crane.
Greg are those OSHA approved brown fuzzy slippers?