I left at 7.30 pm.

Quite a good day really even though I only inserted 3 new purlins.

Last week I had a few spots on the beam that were out by about 5 mm.

I undid the bolts but I was unable to crank the beam out any further.

Today I realised that I could completely remove the bolts, crank the beam out to the correct postion, redrill the holes slightly and lock the purlin in again.

I did this to 6 of the existing purlins and managed to get the front and side outer verandah beam straight to within 2 mm.

I was very pleased with this.

From now on I should be able to install purlins much more quickly - every section should be the same length plus I can use a template to mark up the notching and drill the holes in situ.