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New Roof 10 |
The finished South side of the chimney.
The end result looks even more impressive from a distance
Following on from the previous day (and page), Roger works steadily along the North side.
The last corner
With a few snips the final corner is done and another complete day has gone.
Even with my widest angle lens, it is difficult to get far enough away to fit the entire roof in in one go.
Whilst Roger and Tina have been busy on the main roof, poor Yuriko has had the thankless task of grubbing around on all fours in the dust and wet, fixing in the wire netting that is so crucial to keeping out any pests that would like to make a home in the roof or eat it. Having taken a month to patiently fix it in place all around the frame of the house, it can now be fixed into the thatch itself.
Once the Wire netting had been put in place, it was all hands to the task of putting on the strawberry netting which would enclose the whole roof.
Much to my surprise, whilst obvious when rolled out on to the scaffolding, the netting was almost invisible when applied to the roof and pegged down.
The end result! The scaffolding was removed two days before Christmas but it took until January10th before the weather became kind enough to take these pictures. (L) The front restored to its former glory. (R) The back from the river bank. The area around the chimney is beginning to turn the same colour as the centre section.
(L) Crisp, clean lines on the West gable.((The black bar along the bottom of this photo is a hedge and not a fault in the camera). (R) The Eastern gable, with its nucleus population of thatch moss, has been tidied and trimmed and awaits its turn to be re-thatched.