The roof has finally been re slated, a ‘two week’ job that has taken over two months to complete.
The recent clement weather has meant the slaters have been able to work for a solid week, without any rain stopping play.
On the downside, today I had to take down the scaffolding on my Jack Jones.
All went [...]
A break in the weather and some very hard work, has resulted in the near completion of the re felting of the farmhouse roof.
All we need now is for the slaters to get back from their jollydays, and finish the job off by adding the all important slates.
This will be a giant leap forward, and [...]
As there is very little progress with the roof (cos of the weather) I spent part of today smashing up some concrete floor with a 10lb sledge hammer. This broken mess is the result of my labour so far.
I dare not break up any more of the floor as the ceiling may fall down and [...]
Things are going very slowly with the house at the moment. The re slating of the roof should be well underway by now, but the showery weather has dictated otherwise.
The wet weather looks like it will continue on into next week. There are lots of other things to do, but the roof is the main [...]
This is a picture of the scaffold tower I put up today (with some help from Reuben). It was one of the least enjoyable things I have done lately. Poking my eye with a sharp stick would have been preferable.
We have put some ‘proper’ scaffolding on the other side of the house, which was an [...]
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