And now the roof is all finished. The ridge tiles have been pointed and the roof swept. Once the chimneys have been pointed, the scaffolding will be removed (at least the top boards anyway). This will allow the rest of the house to be pointed.
The front of the main roof of the existing cottages. Two rebuilt chimneys (complete with flues and pots) and two new roof lights.
Rebuilt chimneys and pointed ridge tiles on the back of the roof
Just a bit of pointing left to do around the ridge tiles and a bit of tidying up, but the roof is all but complete. And it only took six working days (and one of those was wet!). Pretty good going.
Once the re-built chimneys are pointed, the top half of the scaffolding will start to be dismantled.
Just a bit of tidying up to do in the morning.
All of the timber for the first floor was removed when we gutted the property. The existing timbers were either rotten, had holes cut in them all over, or were just bent. This meant that the existing first floor undulated, particularly in number 8. We took the decision early on to replace all the timber.
The timber for the new first floor arrived today. There are 6 green oak beams that make up the first floor. Two beams in each cottage. These beams are very heavy.
Then there are joists that run from the beams to the walls. The floor deck is tongue and groove chipboard.
Made from green oak. These beams are seriously heavy!
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