Great progress with the roof structure

We're pleased that so much has been done on the roof in the last couple of days. The main shape is now clear, with a small gable to the front and the rafters over the staircase to be completed.  Then the valleys will be lined and the carpenters' work will be done. We have photographed the structure from all angles and continue to be pleased with the way it sits in the plot. It obviously benefits from the established trees around it, but given that it's not too far from neighbouring properties we feel that it fits well and, when finished, will not look as if the space has been invaded.

Some of these photographs are included because I like the geometric shapes, and some because I like the joinery detailing.

from across the field

from the road, rising above our next-door neighbours' outbuilding

from the front

looking up through both the floor joists and the roof structure

Elizabeth looking up the imaginary staircase

again, roof above joists

this will be the roof above bedroom 1

this section above the staircase will have rafters but no trusses....

...so it has a hefty ridge beam (with more trusses to go in to the right-hand side)

baby trusses, mummy trusses and daddy trusses will fit at 90 degrees to the main roof section

computer design of modern roof trusses for maximum strength with minimum mass means you don't really get a usable loft space

this is the elevation which will take the PV panels, divided by a Velux window over bedroom 3

looking to the field from the south side

geometry and joinery in perfect harmony

the gable wall section of bedroom 4 will be built up to the lines of the trusses


We walked round from the plot to see the lovely community garden which has been developed in what was just a patch of grass a year ago when I was searching for neighbouring inspection chambers to measure sewer depths.  The visitors who look over the tall hedge surrounding the garden will have the most complete view of our house when it's finished, given that so much of it will be hidden from the road to the front.




At the moment this field-hedge is almost 6 feet tall. And our roof won't be as prominent as it is now, we guess, when it is clad in grey slates.


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