Tuesday 10th January 2012 / 08:10
The first timber joists.
Roof 2
Friday 13th January 2012 / 10:15
A bright, frosty morning. No work today and after an evening of beer with Nick I was woken by sounds of house bashing.
Roof 3
Friday 13th January 2012 / 11:02
Starting to remove parts of the existing roof to make way for new joists.
Roof 4
Friday 13th January 2012 / 14:42
Timber is built to create the gable end.
Roof 5
Sunday 15th January 2012 / 15:06
The gable.
Roof 6
Sunday 15th January 2012 / 15:08
A piece of timber is inserted through into the existing roof to get the line of the roof correct.
Roof 7
Sunday 15th January 2012 / 15:08
Construction of the gable end. Some pieces are used to temporarily hold things in place or to take measurements or sitings from.
Roof 8
Sunday 15th January 2012 / 15:09
Joists have been added to the new part of the building, penetrating in through the old roof to rest on the new piece of steel.
Roof 9
Sunday 15th January 2012 / 15:10
New joists are double the size of the ones in the old roof.
Roof 10
Sunday 15th January 2012 / 15:10
Tiles are removed from existing roof to allow joists to be inserted. Some Tyvec is used to waterproof the roof.
Roof 11
Sunday 15th January 2012 / 15:11
The new joists insert into the steel beam.
Roof 12
Wednesday 18th January 2012 / 20:53
Having no ceiling makes heating pointless as the heat all escapes immediately and wildly fluctuating temperatures over the past couple of days (an increase of 17 deg C in 24 hours) lead to a situation where it was actually colder in the house than outside. By the time I got round to taking this picture it had equalised. Still a rare occurrence in the winter.