My Brothers Porch

A few weekends ago I finally got round to putting the porch up that I've made for my brothers new house. 

I'd made the truss up a few months ago so it was great to get it up and into place.

The oak it's made from is some my brother cut down a few years ago when he was working as a tree surgeon. It was an old oak tree that unfortunately needed removing from the secondary school we went to. Funny to think we probably sat in it's shade as children and now the porch will keep the sun and rain off my brothers family (when it's finished).  I should add that they planted another tree in it;s place.

Using the forklift meant that we could lift the truss on ready assembled! Much easier than lifting it all up there by hand!

The porch is chunky and it sit well on the front of the house, softening the look of the brickwork.

It still needs to be felt, battened and tiled but in the meantime we've covered it in some plastic.

Next job is fitting the kitchen in there that I've started making!