Roof covering - the beginning

Some days, the work completed on the house seems to make little visible difference, but two days this week have transformed how things look. We passed by on Wednesday and discovered that some slates and ridge tiles had been delivered, but there was no sign of battens or slating felt. We were a little concerned because Pat had told us that of all building supply shortages at present, that of roofing battens is the worst. However, we need not have worried. As we were visiting his holiday let on Friday to look at (and approve) the design of windows and blinds he has fitted there, he arrived to tell us that the roofers were on the job, and today we combined a visit to the nearby community garden (where a good while ago, when it was a bare patch of land, I measured the public sewer depth via an inspection chamber) with a catch-up at the house.

the beast returns - the telehandler is needed to raise the roofing supplies to the top scaffold

ridge tiles and slates

Spanish slates with ridge tiles coloured to match

hard to believe this will be our front garden one day

slates spec

ridge tiles spec

the latest view across the field - stylish red slating felt!

the first section to be nailed in place, with nicely trimmed corners at the gable edge

ready for one of many lead valleys

from the village side

gable of bedroom 1

space between battens is for one of the Velux windows

the edge detail shows the clipped slates and the mesh which will reinforce the finishing mortar

awaiting mobilisation (small slates are fitted as the first eave course

the south elevation awaits the trays for the photovoltaic panels (the projection is the roof of bedroom 3's bay window which will have glass only to front and back of the house to preserve privacy)


I hope that temporary horizontal strut is securely fixed

here's the view of the south elevation from the back of the house, with the reinforcing mesh standing by

looking from the back over bedroom 2 to the back veluxes over the hall and stairs

we're set in a bit of a jungle of untrimmed hedges and a field of 6 feet high maize

more geometric fun from inside

and again

the thin white line to the left is a valley awaiting its lead covering

whereas this is the one valley so far to have its lead covering

appraising the community garden

and spying our house from the community garden




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