Second Lintel

Today the boys drove an hour and half to a sheet metal factory to get a replacement lintel, as one was missing from the kit home parts. This cost $40 and luckily was a quick turn-around. After they got back Nic screwed some holes in the lintels.

Then one of the lintels was screwed over the kitchen window, as seen from the outside. Note the angry thunderclouds in the background.

Now there are two lintels, as seen from the inside. Josh has figured out that he can climb up the ladder and reach over from the inside to the outside and still reach it to screw in, so that should be easier than trying to do it from the outside balanced on scaffolding.

Actually the boys tell me that the lintel over the door was put up as well, but I failed to notice this when taking photos!

Here is a pic of the missing piece that Josh made up for the roof truss. It was so well done that it was quite tricky for me to work out which one it was!

The next step is to screw more lintels on - three more to go!