{"id":3026,"date":"2026-06-11T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:55:39","slug":"construction-trades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/?p=3026","title":{"rendered":"Construction Trades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"color: #ffd700; font-family: Verdana; 6px;\">&nbsp;<\/b><font color=\"#006699\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><b>Construction Trades<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><font color=\"#006699\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Christ-as%20architekt-measure-of-all-things.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"367\" alt=\"\" \/><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The stained glass windows in the Chartres Cathedral show&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZpOd2pHiI0&amp;t=9s\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">43 different trades<\/span><\/a> who built this &quot;wonder&quot; about 800 years ago:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Foundation-preparation.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"190\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Foundation digging 8 mtrs deep<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Erecting-pillars.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"203\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Choir-construction.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"190\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Choir and Buttress construction<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Roof-timbers.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"190\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Wooden Roof Construction<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Adding-lead-gutters+shts-to-cvr-wdn-frame.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"178\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Laying lead sheets and gutters<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Roof-adding.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Finished roof and buttresses<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Transept-construction.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"190\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Construction of Transepts<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Winter-break.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"207\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Winter Break<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Steigers.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"222\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Building-buttresses.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Glass-making.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"160\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Glass sphere transfer<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Glass-spinning-from-sphere-to-disc.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Glass spinning to a disc<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Rose-windw-construction.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"222\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Rose window construction<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Buttress-bldng.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"190\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Transept-complete.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Starting of Nave construction<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Temporary-wdn-scattering.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Vault: wood scattering<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Keystone+mortared-blcks.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"147\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Mortared bricks + Keystone<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Vault-cnstr-wdn-lattice+layers-of-small-bricks+10cmlyr-concrete-to-stabilize.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"140\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Vault construction of<br \/>\nwooden lattice +<br \/>\nlayers of small bricks +<br \/>\n10cm layer of concrete to stabilize<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Wrkrs-on-scaffolding.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"177\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Twrs-buildng.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"204\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Tower Construction<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Bell-making.jpg\" width=\"182\" height=\"182\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Lost-wax Bell Casting<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Bell-casting.jpg\" width=\"182\" height=\"182\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Bronze pouring<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Tuned-bell-aftr-brkng-mold.jpg\" width=\"182\" height=\"153\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Smooth, tuned Bell<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Nd+Chartres.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"177\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020-pics\/Finished-Cathedral.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"178\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><a href=\"?p=3025\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Construction Trades The stained glass windows in the Chartres Cathedral show&nbsp;43 different trades who built this &quot;wonder&quot; about 800 years ago: Foundation digging 8 mtrs deep Choir and Buttress construction Wooden Roof Construction Laying lead sheets and gutters Finished roof and buttresses Construction of Transepts Winter Break Glass sphere transfer Glass spinning to a 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