Renovating a Victorian Property in Mid Wales
First slates started going back on the cloak room roof today. The small window and roof area above the toilet block roof is proving problematic. When the toilet block was constructed in the 1950’s little or no care was taken … Continued
The high winds from Storm Arwen through Friday night and most of Saturday gave the new roof a bit of a battering. The boarding and battening continues!
More boards and battening, more slates removed and more scaffolding added. The extra scaffolding is needed as the roof pitch is too great and removing the tiles would be unsafe.
Breathable membrane has been attached on the boarded side of the roof at the bottom and on the ridge. On the unboarded side a detail is being constructed to lift water away from the valley area that was originally problematic. … Continued
The first of the sarking boards went on today. We are using Schneider Top 220 woodfibre insulation boards from Ty Mawr on the rafters. Some of the wood that suffered with dry rot has been chopped out and replaced.
The initial plan was to begin the work with the school room roof, but it became quickly apparent that the scaffolding was inadequate given the pitch of the roof. So calls were made and additional scaffolding was arranged. Attention was … Continued
As the weather was good at the weekend we were able to go up on the scaffolding and take some pictures of the roof as it is before the work starts. Many of the slates have slipped and this would … Continued
The roof of the school room and cloak room have been a problem since we arrived at the School House and we are now at last ready to begin work on replacing the roof. The first part of the process … Continued
Another of the internal wooden lintels with dry rot was replaced today, this time in the doorway between the cloak room and the lobby.
Today the door between the cloak room and toilet block was blocked up and the fireplace in the school room was made level with the existing walls. Small jobs but all progress!