Day 43 (58) - Wood, wood and more wood

Well today was a mixed bag of emotions. On the one hand we had 6 tradesmen on site; 4 bricklayers and 2 roofers. On the other, I was made redundant from the company I'd been working for the last 10 years.

Anyway, I'm not going to dwell on that as this blog is about the build, so the good news is I will have plenty of time to keep this blog going and take lots more photographs as it progresses.

The timber for the new roofs was delivered yesterday; 18 lengths of 8" X 2" measuring 7.2 metres each. These would be used for the roof joists at the rear and side of the house. A further delivery was made this morning for what will become the rafters.



I have wood!

...and even more wood!

As the bricklayers continued at pace to bring the walls up to roof height on the side extension, the roofers proceeded to strip away the old guttering, fascia and soffit and the central section of the concrete roof tiles to make way for the new gable ended roof above the rear extension.

Where did I leave my hammer?

Cross Section of Roof

The roofers then proceeded to cut and affix the ceiling joists across the width of the rear extension as shown below:

Tomorrow will see the roofers continue with cutting into the existing roof and then laying the joists for the side extension.

Let the good weather continue!