He thought they would do the job holding up the studio roof. Some extra were bought for the extension verandah. After a year of building work started on getting them ready. More angle grinding, more welding, some cold galv splashed about. Then the day came to put them up. Chris had some time and we were into it. Poles up, then the LVLs, that had also been bought early, purloins, finally the tin. It reminds me of a farm building. The sort of thing you'd expect to see a tractor sitting under and a stack of hay bales up one end.

Now being able to see the studio in 3D, it looks bigger than I imagined it would be.

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Postscript ; In between getting the beams in place and putting on the tin I broke my arm. A nightstick break is the term for it apparently. Nice neat break halfway along the ulna. Six weeks in a full arm cast and then several weeks more recovering after the cast came off. Not much fun, but there you go. Be careful swinging sledge hammers at trees.