We were all off on Monday and back on site Tuesday.  I was given a delivery time of between 8am and 9am on the Friday for the timber truss delivery, so with that in mind I planned out the day. I arranged for Quinto cranes to be on site to carry out a contract lift, which is a crane and driver, and two other men to see the materials lifted safely into position.  Stu was taking the Friday off as he was having a long weekend away, so Wayne brought along his son Alex to fill the void and provide an extra bit of assistance.

During the week we built up the three gable ends, so all we need to do is run in the last few blocks in line with the trusses when the trusses are in position.  We also got two thirds of the first floor internal wall built up. 

So the big day arrived, Friday, and the truss delivery.  The crane and three men turned up for 8am, and so did Wayne and Alex, so all we needed was the trusses.  9am came and went no delivery? Phoned the truss people again, delivery would be with me for 10am at the latest.  10am came and went, still no delivery?  I was then told delivery would be between 11am and 11.30am!  After their mess up with the joists, and the problems with the truss order, you would have thought they would have made the effort to turn up on time, and they couldn’t even do that!  So after six men and a crane had been sitting around doing nothing for three hours, we got the lorry un-loaded and started lifting the trusses into position.  A couple of hours later, the trusses were in place, and it was just a case of fixing the timber strapping into place.  At last, the trusses were in place, and I have no need to deal with the timber truss people again.  Hooray!!