Saturday, October 06, 2007
Slate roof in progress
I suppose the photos tell the story. For the section of roof in progress things are moving on now. Personally I really like the way they have curved the slate from the top of the dormer to blend it into the roof. The guys have also done a really good job of straightening out the ridge and packing up some of the sagging parts of the roof. It's was never going to be perfectly flat, but I think if it was too perfect it would take away some of the character of a old building.
Two guys, two days, very pleased.
All the replacement guttering and downpipes are going to be zinc rather than plastic. It's a bit more expensive but I think it looks better, lasts longer and doesn't creak and crack in the sun. The roofers actually make all the guttering on site to fit from basic half-round pipe, zinc sheeting and tubing. I was watching one of the guys cutting zinc sheeting to fold around the end of the guttering to solder on the end caps. He also cut holes and soldered in the downpipe T's all from scratch. Very time consuming.
In a previous life the building had a thatched roof and so has large granite coping stones on the gable ends. Once the old roof was removed we could see that some of the coping stones were loose and a fair bit of supporting stone had shifted over the years. With my masonery hat on I had to climb up the roof and repair the stonework, balancing a bucket load of stone for in-fill along with a tray of mortar. Not a very enjoyable experience considering I'm not that good with heights.
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brittany
renovation
Slate roof in progress
