The builders arrived last week and the scaffolding was completed over the weekend. Before the work started (and while the builders weren’t around), we could not resist the temptation to have a look from the roof – the views are better than the roof itself!
There is now scaffolding right around the property to enable the roof to be removed.
Jo admiring the traditional stone slate roof!
The telehandler is used to reach up to roof level with a pallet. This is then loaded with slates and brought down to ground level while the roof is being repaired.
This is the front of the roof – all made from stone slates. It has probably been re-roofed a number of times and this explains the varying qualtiy of the slates. The slates are coursed so the bigger ones are at the bottom and the smaller ones are at the top.
My pickup truck and a skip. Question is which is which!
This is the outbuilding (with new roof) and the newly installed polytunnel. The orchard is behind.