Sunday 22 December 2013

Finished grinding!

Grinding is finished... for now...
You can see on the left side of the top of this A frame that quite bit has come off in some places
 Despite that the A frames have cleaned up well, they will be the only bit showing when the insulation is in
 These two bits with a cross beam and upright will be replaced with two new A frames (eventually when the roofer gets to us). They can't stay as they are when the stairs are removed and the downstairs is open plan - the upright currently extends right down to the floor downstairs and are in the middle of the future living room
 This bit will be covered with insulation but isn't very pretty where the capricorn beetle have chomped away at it. Seems sound though.
 This bit in the upwind corner needs some work from the roofer. He is going to put some lead flashing over the corner as it seems the water is getting blown under the tiles by the wind.
 The next job is to spray everything with Xylethene, we plan on doing this on the 27th as we have been invited out to dinner and will stay the night there. You are meant to vacate the house when you spray and although it is upstairs and we live down stairs there are a lot of gaps between through which the spray is bound to enter a bit.
After that we need to clean the top of the walls (this bit is fine, but some bits are rubbley) and insulate them. We are planning on wedging hemp crete in there to give a right angle for the roof insulation to come up against. Then we are ready to put up the insulation supports, and finally the insulation. Won't be done this year!

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