It’s half term and we’re back to clear up. Lots more to do than expected; the place is a mess. We have a series of piles in the garden all covered in tin. Under each is a mass of wood. It takes many hours to reduce the rubbish into usable firewood. But then the garden begins to recover.
The final roof jobs are to complete the verge outside the kitchen and cut the valley. This is more complicated the expected as I have to strip back quite a few tiles to adjust the rows to get a consistent alignment. The T&G also needed trimming. With the woodwork sorted, I’m able to nudge tiles along and align an edge with a string run down the roof at a fixed distance from the verge. I have to cut one more fascia board, complete with alpine twiddly bits, and screw it in place. On goes the verge tiles and it’s done.
The last job it to cut the valley tiles. I flick a red line down and with the big grinder cut away the tiles to form the valley. Of course the roof is now covered in red dust, so some rain would be good to clean it all up. But for the first time during the construction, we’ve not had a drop.