Wednesday 30 July 2014, Construction Day 29. It is a day of wind, high wind, strong wind, gusty wind. Ask any roofer and he’ll tell you: the wind always blows wherever they are fitting a roof. Guaranteed.
Builder John’s guys arrived and started fitting fascias and purlins (the longitudinal planks at right-angles to the roof trusses) on which the roofing sheets must rest. The roofing sheets were delivered as were the large 2.4 by 1.2 fibre-cement boards to be cut into soffit ceilings outside between the wall verticals and the fascia edge. My job will be to apply a first coat sealer-primer to these boards under cover of the roof.
(Above): View of the eastern side from the kitchen, with the fascia board fitted and the second of the purlins fixed in place.
(Above): Quin Roofing Direct (“way to go!”) delivering the roofing sheets and rolls of waterproofing membrane. Quin hails from Levin.
(Above): The waterproofing membrane gets fitted to the flat roof section, and the end folded under the metal flashing situated just below the window in Tyler’s upstairs bedroom. To ensure a proper seal, the roofers have decided that the window must be popped out. The window took less than 15 minutes to remove. Refitting takes quite a bit longer.
(Above): The Quin roofer stands on the flat roof section on top of the waterproofing membrane. To his right below the window one can see the metal profile which will hold the waterproofing down.
(Above): Hard at work applying the membrane to the flat roof.
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