Unlike the rest of the roof, we need to remove everything in this area : the slates, battens (small horizontal wood strips that support the slates) and even the rafters (the roof beams). The reason is that this will be replaced by the dormer and thus area will become our 2nd floor.
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| Dec 24th - morning. Taking down the temporary blue tarp. |
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| Our temporary blue roof! |
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| Open to the sky |
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| 11am - All the battens removed - only the rafters remaining |
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| 12:15 pm - all the rafters removed |
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| All that we're keeping (for now) is the roof truss |
