A Mixed Bag of Tasks and Jobs Done This Week
A week of a mixed bag of lots of little tasks, jobs and errands, with a mixed bag of super-hot days, thunderstorms and a cool damp day to finish the…
Both Sides of Q and Three Quarters of P Covered in Slates
For the first three days of the this week of work, we were lucky with the weather but also unlucky as we suffered in the heat too! But we did…
Nearly 2000 Slates Mounted + Some Work on Window Frames
We started this week with good dry weather in resuming the job of mounting Slates up on to the roof. We finished off the little bit left to do on…
Whole of P and Q Roof Sections All Prepared, Flashing Layers Assembled and Ready to Slate!
With a lovely prospect of good weather ahead of us, we got on putting up the final rows, about 13 of them, of the tile battens to finish off preparing…
P and Q All Covered in Membrane and Almost Complete with Tile Battens
We had a very disrupted week of work, losing three and a half days, due to other commitments and meetings. It is just one of those things that happens now…
Gable Roof Extended, Two Downpipe Channels Created and Resumed Preparing the P Section of Roof
On Monday, we extended the existing Gable section of the roof that will form part of the Conservatory. Using the new stud walls built last week, we put up a…
M Section All Done and N Half Way There
On Monday, we resumed work on the M section of the roof. The first job was to cut, trim and seal the fibre-glass trough module to fit the top of…
Starting on M Section
Today, at the start of a new week, under a wet cloudy chilly sky, we finished putting up the tile battens on the M section of the roof, all before…
Proceeding with L to N Roof Sections
For our week’s work, we got on with the next three sections, the L, M and N which forms a U shaped inset. We first got all the tile battens…
Flashing for J Hip Complete and the K Roof all Covered in Slates
We started the new week by finishing off the “Hat” covering the Hips for J-K and K-L as well as the ridge between J-L roof slopes. We filled in the…