Friday, 25 July 2014

Buildlogue #20 – Roofing

Friday 25 July 2014 Construction Day 26, marks seven months since we touched down at Wellington airport at the close of Xmas at midnight on 25 December 2013.

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(Above): The view of the roof above the bedroom – the plywood sheets being fitted to the first half of this area.

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(Above): Fitting the supports for the metal roofing along the western side of the bedroom above the opening French Doors.

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(Above): The view of the bedroom from the sitting room. On the right, just beyond the orange broom, is the bathroom door and a bit past that, the dressing room/ walk-in wardrobe door. On the left next to the panel of plywood, is the opening for the French Doors.

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(Above): A view of the ply-clad “flat roof” area nearing completion as seen from Tyler’s upstairs bedroom window, and (below) as seen from the ground floor standing in the bathroom-to-be.

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(Above): The framework stands bathed in bright afternoon sunshine, in preparation of a scheduled inspection by KCDC next week. Possibly the sunlight is a promise of better weather to come?

Once we have passed the upcoming inspection, cladding of the open skeleton can commence and the building will start taking on a proper character of its own… 

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