Roof update....

Started tiling main roof

By the time I finished today it was dark, so u I only have this picture from early in the day.  I will try to post a better picture tomorrow.

Side wall cladding

Very cold start to the day

Gable wall at start of day

Breathable membrane on wall with batons in place.  At the bottom of each void is a slot with mesh over the opening to stop insects getting in.

All the cladding (Renda board) has been put up and edge of the roof supports for facia boards etc are in place.

More tiling

Platform for working

Sorry about the lack of pictures.  I have been leveling floors on the other side of the house which isn't worth photographing.  I have also been painting and working on the rental property as we have a change of tenants.

I should be trying to complete the tiling on one of the dormers in the next day or so depending on the weather.  But at this point it just looks like rain.

Most of lath done

Only got the difficult / tricky bits left to do.

Last truss finally in place

The last truss is finally up.  I had to wait for better weather before uncovering over my neighbours house.

 

Gable walls and read dormers

 

 

 

 

Lathing the back of the house

I am lathing the rear of the house and putting up the dormers as we go along.

Tiles, lath & symmetry

Tiles arrived this week (not all of them).  We started lathing the rear of the roof which means the dormers are going up, I don't have pictures of the dormer yet.

More bricking

Bricking outter skin to full height and one of the porch trusses in place.

Liam building dormer trusses

Rain & wind!

We had a horrible weekend of rain and wind.  All the tarps end up leaking a little bit and the house was full of buckets and a paddling pool in our room to catch the rain. 

Then the wind picked up; I was expecting it from the forecast so I had spent Saturday screwing things down.  It peaked at lunchtime on Sunday with 40 mph gusts which isn't much unless your house is covered in tarps!!  It wasn't fun but the house made it through intact.

Dormer cheeks tested

Rich spent the day building dormer cheeks and we put up one to see if it fitted.  We then realised just how big they are going to be!  It is going to take a lot of window to fill the holes ;-)

The brick archway also came down today so the entrance hall is looking a lot bigger.

Temp stairs in, but not all the way.

They hit a brick wall (soon to be removed) at the top.

Rain cover

I have missed a few pics which Alison should have so I will fill in later. We got 3 trusses up on other side of roof and put in the ridge beam. We were working against the clock as we new we had rain coming on Thursday night.  On Thursday evening my neighbour Peter very kindly helped me cover up with tarps and it did the trick.  On Friday we were able to work inside the tent.

Second half of roof off

View from camper

This is the view that greeted me when getting out the camper this morning.  The last of the old roof will go today and will be replaced by new trusses.

2nd rear beam done

Joint hangers, timber connectors etc

First trust up!!!

Steel beam in place and ceilings gone