ROOF FINISHED

What takes longer changing a light bulb or picking a new prime minister? 

 

Light bulbs - Gary Larson style

Talk about stringing it out!  The Tories are taking almost as long to decide who the new PM will be as it takes getting a toddler ready for bedtime and we all know how creative they can be in devising stalling tactics.  The extension could be finished before we find out who they’ve finally picked.  Will it be ‘not now I’m too busy’ Truss or ‘scientists were too powerful’ Sunak?  Either way, it won’t be good news for most of us.

 

Kids are you feeling sleepy yet?

Unlike the shilly-shallying politicos, our builders have been cracking on this week in a bid to finish off the flat roof which is now looking tip top with its new felt covering.

Nice felt

 

I hope that doesn't blow a new hole in the roof

Felt layer to cover the top of the roof

The outer cover to the Velux skylight window has been put in place and it looks fab.  Worth every bit of the additional expense.  Guess who will be rushing out later to check for stars once its gone dark?

 

Velux rooflight window from above

Wow!  I can see the sky

White plastic fascia boards have been added around the bottom edge of the roof.  At first, I thought these would look rather large and out of proportion but now they’re up, I think they look alright.  Besides who really takes any notice of these things?

 

Fascia in proportion to rest of structure

Tidying up the roof edges with UPVC fascia board

Soffits and fascias all fitted

Today, a major breakthrough… 

“I see wonderful things.” said Howard Scarper (building contractor & archaeologist) as he drilled a large hole in the kitchen wall narrowly missing the plumbing.

 

Removing the outer layer of bricks to the kitchen

“Er, no mate.  I see washing up liquid and a pair of rubber gloves.”

 

Kitchen treasures

It won’t be long now before two rooms become one then the real fun (and mess) begins.

Cheshire cat smile