Category Archives: Roof

Yesterday was our tin (10th) wedding anniversary (tin roof). So in the evening, under blue skies, we went to Abondance for a meal. Seated outside the Abbey Hotel we enjoyed a great meal. As the evening drew in I could … Continue reading →

Peter and I spent the morning rechecking everything and fixing the other big post. After lots of careful measuring the final cut is made. Again it forms an exact pitch on the dormer as per the main roof. All looks … Continue reading →

Yesterday (25th) was spent resetting and rechecking the dormer beam positions and planning the valley rafters and jacks. We soon realise that the earlier plan was incorrect and the layout needs to be worked out from the apex of the … Continue reading →

24th August With the storm over we hope to make some progress again. The weather looks uncertain and we now have a new enemy: the wind. Our sheeting which, held most of the water out, is being pulled off the … Continue reading →

Monday night was a bit of a disaster. Early evening the clouds were alive with lightening. Peter said it was only sheet lightening and might not come to much. His words were a cue for the fork lightening. We had … Continue reading →

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.