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September
2003 Work continues at a great pace on the two
houses under construction here. Work has
now begun on the roof of Emma and Rob's house. The
cobbing worked fantastically well, we planned (or
hoped!) to have the cobbing finished to a point where
the roof could go on by the end of Rob's summer break
(I teach Permaculture in Kinsale), and we did it.
The cob work had started on June 7th and was finished
ready for the roofing by the middle of September.
Not bad going. All the remains now cob-wise is the
gable ends.
The roof on Emma and Rob's house is fairly complicated
and will take a little while, but so far it is going
really well. Firstly a curved wallplate has to be
made to span the cob and spread the load of the rafters.
Then the rafters can start to go up, resting on the
main hip rafters for the roof, which are now in place.
We have also to finish the cob chimneys upstairs,
which will be completed in stone for the final section
where they go out through the roof. As soon as we
have the roof felted and battened we will begin to
put in the floor.
Thomas and Ulrike's house now has all its first floor
joists in place and work has begun on the second
storey of cob. It looks great. They have made an
amazing cob stove which will act as the central heat
sink for the house. They are also making a lovely
corbelled entranceway with a cob arch. We are all
very pleased with progress and are hoping to have
the roofs on both houses by the winter.
 
 
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