8. Working on the roof trusses

Up on the roof, fixing the steel battens on.

My "supervisor" watching me...

7. Putting up the frames

Fixing up the frame.
Most of the frames are up with temporary bracing holding it it together.
Looking inside at the frames that have just been put up.















Looking at the front view.






















Here is one of many bolts that go from the bearers up to the bottom plate for the frames. The cyclone rods screw into here and go up to the top plate of the frames.














Drilling holes for the 12mm cyclone rods that help secure the top of the frame to the bearers.

The metal straps also help secure the frames together.

6. Doing the subfloor and floor

Bearers bolted onto the steel posts.

The first joist is now on the bearers.

Joists going in with blocking between them and on the ends.
The structa-flooring is now going on. This is glued and screwed down to the joists.













Putting the glue on for the flooring.

5. Now for the retaining wall

Gravel, gravel.. and more gravel...
The wall is made of Kopper Roundbacks, and the posts are Kopper slabs.













Plenty of gravel for drainage.

4. Marking the site and setting the posts

Profiles and stringlines set
Holes are now ready.
After a few days the steel posts are finally in.

3. Clearing The Site

Why am I holding this tree ?
Mounds of soil ready for the bobcat.

2. Before we started

Looking down to our main house.
This is where we are going to build.

1. Steps to creating a Home Studio

These are the stages we went through in building our Home Studio/Rumpus.