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31
October
2003 The
weather is still (mostly) behaving itself and allowing
things to proceed well with the buildings. Rob
and Emma’s house now has all of its rafters
on, and is looking very good, the curves and the
overall shape of the roof is very attractive. The
roof is made of all local timbers, mostly sitka,
but also larch and douglas, and will be covered
with battens and a material called Bitvent, which
is a breathing wood fibre based board which uses
no formaldehyde in its production. You can now
get a real feel for how the final house will look.
You can also now see the rafters from the road,
and from up in the village (Castletown) – it
looks like Noah building his Ark but upside down!
We hope to begin cladding the roof over the next
week or so. Once the roof is felted and battened,
work will begin on the roof of Thomas and Ulrike’s
roof, and the floors will start to go in in Rob
and Emma’s.
Thomas and Ulrike are nearly ready for the roof,
their upstairs walls are nearly finished, and their
2 storey chimney is nearly at the final height.
Although work has been slower recently due to the
complex nature of Rob and Emma’s roof, and
the need to cut each rafter separately, we are
still hopeful that we will get both houses felted
and battened by the winter.
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