Roof repair

Most of July was taken up with the repair to the 4th bay (of 5) of the roof. We watched the long-term forecast, made a start in good weather, then spent some days of intermittent rain under a tarp, and finally got a run of hot weather to finish the job.

The carrier arrives with the scaffolding.

Carrying the scaffold-tower in.

The timber arrives (1)
This picture merits blowing up to full screen - you can do that to any of them by double-clicking on the photo.

The timber arrives (2). Brindle keeps a watchful eye.

Tower up

Starting to strip

The reason why.......!

Stripping the back face

The furthest point - all the old gone, new ridge in place

Trial rafter

Almost abstract!
We actually slept a night under the tarp when John and Sheila dropped in.

I love the sight of new bare timbers.

Beginning to re-felt

Doing it bit by bit up the back face

Last tile on the back

On the front, I could work from outside

Lovely view in the summer sun

Curious shadows. The modern breathable 'felt' is very tough, but also fleetingly gives this effect

All the tiles for the front face were passed out through this hopper

The one we were looking for!