Work started this morning on putting the roof back on the existing building. By the end of the day all of the roofing felt and lathes will be on the building. This is a milestone since from this point onwards the building is no longer completely open to the elements.
It will take 7-10 days to get the roof completely finished, assuming there aren’t any problems.
You can also see the two rebuilt chimneys that now match – before the chimney on the left was smaller, rendered and had no string course. The chimneys, as the rest of the external masonry, has been sandblasted over the last weekend.
The two chimneys have been rebuilt and sandblasted. So too has the rear of the property. The felt and lathes are going on first to be followed by the stone slates.
End of day 1 on the roof and the felt and lathes have been installed. This means that the worst of the weather will be kept out. There is still a chance that rain may come through some of the window openings, but fingers crossed the weather shouldn’t be too bad for the next couple of weeks.
The “felt” is actually a green coloured plastic. It feels a little bit like a tent wit only the felt and lathes on the roof. With the green felt on the roof, there is a green tinge to the light everywhere.