Wednesday 5 October 2016

Void and roof construction

On top of the insulated roof, there is a ventilation void and a ply deck which will be the base for the waterproof layer and the green roof. This element also provides the 'outriggers' that offer shading from the mid-day sun.

The other unseen jobs were to attend to strapping of the timber frame to the foundation, and to fix in the large windows on the South side. The smaller windows had been installed in the factory when the timber frame was constructed.

 The skylight is strapped to the frame, to ensure that it does not blow off in a gale! Hardly likely given that it is triple glazed and weighs heavy - a four man lift.


And my contribution today was to take a large bag of rubbish away to the dump. Followed by another load of brash from the Lime trees whose basal growth I had been trimming back.
Also to organise BillG to remove a large pile of excavation from in front of the garage. However after one of 3 loads with tractor and trailer, a puncture emerged in one of the trailer tyres, so the other two loads were deferred.

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