Although overcast the forecast was occassional showers which here means no precipitation.
So thay cracked on with installing the insulation in the West side.
Here they are making footing for working at the next level of Tyvek.
Then cutting the Rock Silk insulation to be a close fit in all the spaces between the rafters,
and in the gaps around the Velux window openings.
In the foreground is the two diagonal roof bracing straps.
Each of those rafter plates has twenty nails, ten on each rafter, and another twenty the other side.
Turning round for a photo the other way. The garden here is surrounded by a 9ft brick wall.
Up in the acute angled corner is the hen pen, seven hens, 4-5 eggs a day.
Beyond is the track of the old railway line that took the coal from the mine to the River Tyne.
Now it is a bridle way. The people in the end terrace house are having an extension built.
Here is the inside of the west side of the roof.
Insulation will be inserted in the horizontal ceiling joists, 150mm, and another 100mm above.
Underneath will be a vapour check membrane, then 25mm thick expanded polystyrene layer,
then 25mm battons to create a space for electrical wiring, followed by 13mm plaster board.
A little side story. Martin and Xanthe (pronounced Zanthy) are building an Artichouse up at Otterburn.
It is a much more ambitious venture than ours. Bigger, more complicated, grander.
They started building in May 2004 and are still busy building. But they are doing much more themselves.
We are just project managing and supporting the workers. We might have an opportunity to do more later.
Anyway, Martin and Xanthe did not have the three garages we had to store material,
and their ceiling timber had to be stored outside, albiet under plastic sheeting, but after two years,
the water had penetrated and stained/wetted the wood. Well we had ceiling wood delivered but were only using it
underneath the ground floor joists to support the insulation. It was clean and dry.
Tony suggested we offer a swop with them. They were delighted, we were pleased to help.
Especially as they had been so helpful/informative as we visited their site before we started.
Here they are, an enlargement from the previouse photograph loading up the good wood.
Another enlargement from the photograph, that is me in the Hi Vis coat, but
peering over the edge of the pickup is Emily, our grand-daughter.
And Margie is here, taking the photograph, and looking after Emily.
This is the wood that Martin and Xanthe brought back. Wet and stained but fine for our use.
There is another blog of an ArticHouse being built in North/West Scotland. Even more ambitious.