23/7/08

over the past three days all we have been covering is hip and valley roofing.
we have completed our booklet on hip and valley roofs and are learning to do take offs for roofing
which are materials needed for the job , at what size of materials needed and cost for materals needed.
we built a small roof in a group which was fun because it was a smaller scale of what we would do at work from struts to thw hangers, ect. to day we went through the booklet on as1684 for roofing and later drew up a drawing scale size of 1/4 of the struts and perlns and a 25 dergree roof we filled in the rules that apply with as1684..................................................................

monday and tuesday

on monday we moved on to a new subject form work.
in the morning we went to the computers to study formply and concrete and to do a write up on these two products,
we then went outside to set up a house plan using a dumpy level, hurdles, and string lines.
today we finshed up the setting out for the house plan it took all morning but we got it in the end. after lunch we split up into 2 groups. each group had a section to do a cutting list for how many sutters, steaks and outriggers we needed for our section then cut them all to length.

explosive power tools

friday. today we spent most of the day learning how to correctly use explosive power tools and safely use them we started by reading through a booklet on them then filling in missing answers in another booklet,
once we completed the booktlet we all went outside and put it into practice ( use the tool )
it was a good expirence using explosive power tools because i had never used them befor , there are lots of thing to consider when using them because the tool is similiar to a gun it was sick

tuesdy and wensday

on tuesday we were in the liberary for half of the day researching individualty on the dirrerent types of external wall cladding.
we had to research 4 different types, i chose 2 james hardi products. one was hardi flex sheets which i already knew about form working with this product on site.
the second product was hardi plank weatherbord which we use on some of our gables on site as well.
when lookin up timber cladding i took in new information which has helped me with putting wall cladding into practice.
the second half of the day we started a booklet on wall cladding and sheeting, it was to take offs , costs and calulations of how much product we needed.

on wensday first thing,we went over the research we did yesterday as a group. then we worked out how much cladding we needed for the walls we have allready completed outside in our little house, it took me a while to work out the maths, but it came to me in the end.
once we worked out how much we needed we split up into groups of three and started cladding a wall, greg and i completed half the wall and will finsh it off the next day. i found it fun and lernt new things

today we completed our wall framing we used braces and dog legs to square and plum the tops of the walls off . i cut out a type2 brace which is a sheet of mdf which went along the nib wall on the outside of the shower, it was 919mm by 2400mm which i got level and then nailed . overall we all thought we did well .......................

friday

on friday we were out side all day placing the rest of of the walls in place . we had to make up nip walls for the bathroom , once every walls were in place we clamped them together and nailed them together . i got a string line and put it right round the house along the bottom plate , then pulled the string line out so it was olny a pencil thickness out from the bottom plate, we pulled or pushed the wallframes around the house untill it was in line with the string line

thursday

on thursday we split up into to groups to start building our wall frames. we split the house down the middle and did half the wall framing each group our first frame we completed was together so we had a understanding of our own. it was simple we chose a wall to completed each got the top and bottom plates wich we marked out yesterday, we counted how many studs there were onthe the plates then cut them at 2330mm because our walls were 2400 andthe top and bottom plates were 35mm thick we cut the noggings in then cut the thickness of the windows and then nalied it all together with the nail gun.
wemarked where the bracing went on a 45 angle then cut 19mm cuts where needed across the brace and nailed it temperarywhen all the frames were done we could start the assambley . i think on that day we olny got 4 walls up and braced

monday and tuesday

well its the first day back, we were inside the whole day learning about AS1684 and the rules to do with wall framing . then we went on to do the booklet on sub flooring, at the end of the day we did the maths side of of the wall framing which i found intresting, then paul gave us some home work 4 us to do which i copmpleted...

the next day first thing, we went over our home work together. we went out side to do the setting out on the wall framing , we cut all the plates for the top and bottom for the walls and marked out where all the studs, windows and doors are put. once we did that we cut and placed the rest of the strip floor which was 19mm hardi , water proof concret sheets

friday

to day is friday we started off. workin outside by finshing off the joist on the sub floor and we cut half of the strip floor which was pretty good .
then we went inside and completed the drawings for the sub floor.
in the after noon we we nt on the computers and did a bit of research on e beam deep joist

wensday

today i came to tafe at lunch time because i was in perth 4 my wrist . when i got there we had al ready dug the holes and placed all the stumps in the correct positions . then by using the lazer level we marked all the stumps to the correct height and i went round with the square and squared the stumps off ready to be cut of using the saw then we cut afew bearers to length and hand nailed them ontop of the stumps. i wrote up the construction sequence for saftley cutting the stumps . and what hazards we came across in this process...

friday and monday

on friday we started off with doing our site plan, safty plan and construction plan for leveling and setout ..
after luch we completed our second on the cary all it was prety easy i hope i did well.
for the end of the day we learnt about sole plates, bearers stumps and floor joist

this morning we started of by doing a bigger version on the sub floor we did a actual plan for a home west house in australind. and we did a cutting and cost list of that same plan

class room

to day we were in the class room all day,
prety lucky really because it was very hottt!!!!! outside and there was air con in the class room.
firstly we started finshing our leveling and setting out booklet,
then we started on a booklet on australian standards on framing AS1684, which was very intresting to know the standards that we work by and what every tradesman should know and work by. then we did some workin out to do with how many bearers , stumps, sole plates and joists we needed 4 wall framing and strip fllooring which was very hard to get around but i got it in the end. we also did some working out to c how much sheet flooring was required 4 a platform floor 4 a building

tuseday

hello....
in the morning we split up into 2 groups and we set up the dumpy level outside to plot the rise and fall around the tafe campus.
we had a starting point called the dadum and 15 other plot points around the campus in a full circut. after completing the circut using the dumpy level we ended up being 300mm out from the starting dadum point, which wasnt really that great because the other group were olny 45mm out from there starting point.
when we got back to class we completed a graph on our results, it was very intersting to see it on paper and much easier 4 me to understand.

monday

today was the first day bak 4 a new year at tafe.
we did a fair bit today firstly we went to the computers to research leveling and all different types of leveling,
we had to choose one type of leveling and had to complete a prestation on it,
i choose a water level and found this type of leveling very interesting , i also learnt somethink i didnt know to much about.
after we completed our prestations we went outside and learnt how to set up and use a dumpy level also a lazer level. it was great . .