Monthly Archives: August 2010

The team has departed and Peter and I are left working on the sarking. First job to the sheet down and the weather looks bad.

After making placing the cross bar and upright pin for the dormer, we need to cut the big old beam from the porch to make two large posts. The sarking begins with T&G.

The 21st was a big day. With a big hole to fill and the dormer to build we needed to push on from dawn till dusk …. none shall sleep.

We have a big hole and the huge beam down ready to be cut to form new posts at the from of the dormer. The amount of food being consumed is equal to the work.

On the 20th we start the next phase and strip back more of the roof. The hole becomes bigger.

I’ve not been blogging, but we have some photos. It’s really quite stressful having lots of people working on the project as there’s so many question on top of whatever job you’re trying to do. But the weather is good. … Continue reading →

The 21st was a big day. With a big hole to fill and the dormer to build we needed to push on from dawn till dusk …. none shall sleep.

Last of the old timbers on the first section are out. New wood and joints are cut and timbers aligned. If we can finalise we can bolt it and move on. Everything is taking a long time with the extended … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning the rain continued. It’s difficult to understand how that much water gets up there! Peter and I continued with prep jobs inside. Planed more of the large timbers and oiled more T&G. Lunchtime and the A-team arrived: Keith, … Continue reading →

How long can it rain for ? It rained all night and all day. We spent our time planing and oiling the exterior wood. We rearranged the tarps during a brief gap in the weather at the end of the … Continue reading →