Week 4

THE FIRST VALLEY HAS TILES REPLACED



MAIN ROOF READY FOR REPLACEMENT TILES



THE BAD NEWS ONE PART OF THE CHIMNEY DAMAGE.




The pace of work has accelerated this week with many trades on site.
The scaffolding has been extended to allow rectification of the many woes to the three chimneys.
Jeff the carpenter has arrived and is working on the rotting wood work
The final removal of the tiles is complete and we are turning the corner from taking apart to re building.
Tim the plumber was sent for on Wednesday to allow for the replacement of the old water tanks and the fitting of new. All had to be completed before the roof was sealed and reinstatement was started.
To enable the essential work to be completed tea was supplied by Chris and Catriona.

The Daily Mirror 8th July 1913

A STRANGE FIND



Work has been progressing steadily. The tiles are being removed carefully saving all that can be reused.

Today the lads found a paper tucked into the rafters of the roof.

The paper was The Daily Mirror. Its date the 8th July 1913. It had been hidden in our roof for exactly 97 years.

The main story was about The Empires gift of £3500 to Peter Scott the small son of the great explorer Scott of the Antarctic

Week 2 & 3

Tiles are removed from the edge of the roof to reveal timbers damaged by water



Hang on a minute these tiles don't match. Hand made clay club tiles have been replaced at some point by plain tiles



Both club tiles and ridge tiles are carefully removed and sorted the tiles that can be replaced are neatly stacked for later replacement



Each area is lined and new batterns placed to reattach tiles.
Tiles are stacked on the roof for replacement.
Many origonal wooden pegs are still sound after more than 140 years odf use.



A large amount of old wood and frost damaged tiles end up in the skip

Up goes the scaffolding

It's the 21st of June and after a long wait we're under way.I am surprised to find it's going to take a week to put up the scaffolding.The week progresses steadily with deliveries every day.
I thought by Wednesday evening the work was almost finished.I just hadn't appreciated the complexity of the temporary roof.The scaffolders made it look so easy as they moved with such confidence over the structure as it grew.I could hardly watch as they raised the cross members that were to hold the metal roof.