Palmer Brothers

Palmer Brothers is an industrail laundry owned by Jim Bell. He kindly let me take photos of his Portal Framed Factory, which is located LOT 25, Martin Drive, Delacome, Ballarat.

The Industrial building was built by an owner builder, Mr Pitts, who was the previous owner and an engineer who worked for Basic Engineering. Jim bell informed me that the building was over engineered. It was used to design steel constuction and joinery for the steel.



















Here is a distant view of the apex. There is the two 'UB' rafters, that join to make the apex, this is an additional element of the building with an 'I' beam connected to the rafters. This is designed to take the weight of the overhead crane, which was there to move steel by the previous owner. Jim Bell uses it now to install machinary and move wet laundray.
Also 'C' purlins and 'C' girts are also visable, alond with bracing. There is not safty mesh or insulation in this building.
Tilt you head to the side, and you can see a distant view of a 'UB' Column (Stanchion) and a 'UB' Beam (Rafter).


















There is also bracing which is coming off from the beams and colums, onto the wall.