Site today was pretty muddy and it felt like we hadn’t done very much apart from discover issues. There were some steep variances in the heights of the feet - which puzzled us for a while - until we realised that they had been placed the wrong way round, all part of the fun!
The drilling for the resin bolts is the most time consuming currently. The 18v drills are pretty good and last a good while when your working on timber, but after attacking the holes on one pad of concrete the poor thing needs charging for a good couple of hours - just cant hack it.
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We all stayed at site till the bitter end last night. The weather was pretty horrendous but we powered on through. We managed to get one frame up by the end of yesterday. Everything seams to take so much longer when we were doing it. The frame needed aligning and then drilling and because it was so tight we then had to use a mallet to bash the bolts through... One is up though, only a few more to go!
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What really held us back was the left hand footing on the south frame. The ground is so soft because of the weather and the way that it has been sculpted, so the concrete just wobbles around. We have attempted to stabilise this by adding more concrete around the pad to support it.
This meant that we couldn't attach that frame till it was dry. We had to prop the North frame up last night before we left as it is supporting itself - windy conditions could easily be the end of it.
Hopefully it will still be there tomorrow - 4 days left to go!
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