Hi Tim & Brad,
Brad,
I note that the workshop cruck did not employ any long wall braces. The 3 bay cruck that we will finish measuring this weekend does not have these either but it does have large windbraces in the roof.
Are the cruck mantles (dropped tie beams) one piece or are these interrupted. Given that you have used 4 pegs I would surmise interrupted ?
How did you fasten the bottom of the wall posts to the backs of the cruck blades - long pegs ? This was the method used on Saturday's cruck and it appears to have held up for 600 years.
Tim,
I am thoroughly impressed.
Is your mantle beam one piece lapped over the blades ?
Regards
Ken Hume
