Out with the old and in with the new (again!)

Patrick's guys have been hard at it this past month, sorting out the new roof in the oldest part of the house. In between intermittent showers and down pours, a new set of scaffolding has gone up:

Which means more exploring of the house from new angles!

Note the triangular piece of rubber to right of Mike above... instead of flashing this is the matting used for sleeping cows! It's not done the roof too much harm these past 30 odd years, but it's not done it that much good either!?

So, off with the matting and surrounding tiles:

And on with the new lead, window, valley and surround:

The front part of the roof comes off:

Before felt, batton and a new window opening go on:

It's going to make a great bathroom inside...once insulated and plastered of course:

A last look before all the old timbers come out:

And here's a view of the shiny new ones - oooh!

Whilst taking the roof off and addressing the old plaster work, we found that a window that had been put in previously hadn't been properly fitted. Here it is from the outside:

And inside - it spanned over two floors - strange! 

So, we got the hole filled in and made an opening to match the other:

They now look they were always meant to be:

A few more tiles to go on...

Then that's the roof done!

Purlin, Felt, Batton, repeat

Mike braved the elements today to get the roof structure back on the pumphouse:

Replacing the previous timbers with newer ones, that were worm free 

and offered a more robust framework:

It got too wet to go any further so it was time to take a well deserved break:

 The next day it was on with the felt:

starting to look like a proper room now:

Last nail in the for the day:

And here's a very happy Mike admiring his work

Pumphouse refit: phase 1

We had an email from the pump engineer and our tank is ready for delivery next Wednesday - yippee! So that it can be fitted we needed to take the roof off. It was a great day for it so we made the most of our hard hats in the sunshine:

#selfbuildselfie!

Mike got up on the roof:

and passed down the tiles through the already suspect felt:

They were all pretty moss ridden so I gave them all a good clean with a wire brush:

That's all the tiles off - now for taking the battons down...

Oh dear - what a mess! 

Lovely to see the sky though: 

Then, after a good tidy up

the tiles got stacked up ready for re-roofing:

Not bad for a days work!

Update on Roof

The roofers have been hard at it the last few weeks 

and we now have new felt and battons: 

two newly repointed chimneys:

They've also scrubbed all the tiles, replaced any broken ones,

 and introduced a new lead valley:

They've also been busy painting up our guttering:

Should look lovely when it's all done - about another week (weather permitting!?)