Bracing bearers/ Joists

Once out bearers were on we had to make sure they were straight.  We marked out halfway down on the vertical edge of the bearer, and took this mark back to the profiles and put up a new batter board.  From there we measured out 30mm so that we had a line which was 30mm out from the bearer.  We nailed the top side of the brace on to the jack stud, and using a dodgem bloack that was cut at 30mm we used the bottom end of the race and moved it over until our bearer was sitting on the 30mm string line. 

Next we started cutting out our lengths for the joists.  On the top side of the house we had two different lenths 3.6m and 3.9m.  We had to take of 45mm off both joists because we will need to attach the boundary joist later which is 45mm thick.  So we have been cutting to 3555mm and 3855mm.  We checked the bow on each length so we have bow up to support our floor.  Using the plan we checked where our joists change from dry to wet areas.  Dry areas we use H1.2 and wet areas we use H3.2.  Also on the ends of the house we laminated the joists with a H3.2 on the outside and a H1.2 on the inside.  We have completed half the joists now, and when we finish the other half our next part is to do the nogging.