Category Archives: Roof

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 →

Rain rain rain. And some more rain. It’s now been raining since about 2pm and has not stopped. Looks like is going to continue all night. It even rains when the sun’s out. It took us several hours to get … Continue reading →

With Peter’s help thing have really moved. First we stripped a line to check how the rafters lie. With it all looking good, we stripped the lower part of the roof and started rebuilding.

Not a spectacularly successful day. (Thursday) It didn’t start well and got worse. Spent the morning in the doctor’s waiting room. Charles needed his knee checking after last night’s accident. Several hours later and we made it back to the … Continue reading →

As you might have forecast, the showers were in fact torrential. Shame the weather forecast can’t get it right. We couldn’t sheet the roof as it still has hundreds of sharp nails sticking up. So we sheeted up the floor … Continue reading →

Work starts for real. Hours on the computer. Lost sleep planning things over and over. In the end, you just need to take the old roof off. Removing to old snow stops, only a few years after replacing them. These … Continue reading →