In the last two days, the roof of the existing cottages has been removed. Many of the stone slates were put onto pallets and lifted onto the ground using a telehandler – the remainder have been stacked on the scaffold. There simply wasn’t enough room on the scaffold for all the slates. I am amazed how quickly this has been done and all achieved in two days by 3 roofers.
With the roof removed, we can have a good look at the timbers and at first glance, they don’t appear to be too bad. They are some that will need to be replaced, but we knew this before we started the work. The architect is due this morning and some decisions will be taken then.
It looks pretty impressive from the outside, but even more impressive from the inside.
Here’s the view from the rear of the property with the roof remvoed.
Inside number 10 without the roof
This is the old kitchen (downstairs) and bathroom (upstairs) in number 10. You can just see the king post truss in the top left corner for number 10, and through the upstairs doorway you can see the king post truss for number 9.
King post truss in number 9