Sauna taking shape

Another weekend and the sauna is starting to take shape. We built the roof on the ground with the idea of lifting it on, after it was finished. The more things we nailed to the roof, the heavier it got (of course) and by the time it was finished it was really really heavy!

Here's the roof nearly finished.

With a lot of effort, we lifted one edge of the roof over over the walls, but it was so heavy it seemed like it was in danger of crashing down. We managed to lift the other end up by propping it up with two posts, but they didn't seem at all stable. I put my foot right through the bottom rung of a old timber ladder during the lift with my 90kg weight and around 100kg or so of the roof, the rung gave way under the strain (that ladder is definatly ready for the tip now). Finally we got it over the walls without serious incidents and it looks pretty good. Looking back, it was probably a bit dangerous and I should have asked more people to help me. Work safe people and don't trust rickety timber ladders.

Here's the roof in position and the sauna is starting to take shape.