What seemed like one of our challenges when the ridge pole went up has now been completed for one side of one end. Mbariro still to be cut off on the right hand side once the thatching is on. We did use a specially engineered bracket for the outermost rafter
Following on in the process from the logging and plank cutting (still ongoing) is the rip sawing of the off-cuts into smaller pieces know as crating approx 20mm x 76mm. Grade A – two good sides, more or less no bark. Grade B = one goodish side only. The oil drum is part of the … Continue reading
contains product placement Thatchers preparing mats of thatching grass to lay over mbariro
Protracted labour. This was the set up for the vet to explain everything to everyone. Ropes attached in three places to the unborn. Procedure completed with cow lying down. Mum survived.
To continue hammering horizontal battens (mbariro) to the rafters (nungo) as they extend beyond their final support from the building structure we used a 3m high temporary support: to first gauge the correct length for the gum pole rafters to be cut to (angle grinder plus circular saw blade), and then to support the bottom … Continue reading
Mbariro = horizontal poles across the rafters = battens (= lath in US) Top battens
Eastern Highlander 