Roof Construction: Demo & Planking

With the dormer basically finished, we're moving onto the rest of the roof. Today we focused on 1/2 of the side roof slope because the other half will be more complicated and involve structural work. The plan was to remove the slates and their supporting battens, and then immediately install the planks going all the way up. Fortunately this was relatively straightforward, and for the first time in a while, the work went according to plan.

Half the slates removed

The rest of the slates removed and starting to remove the old battens

View of the open roof from the inside

The first few planks

About halfway up

Almost there

Almost there

Last few pieces

View from the inside - the planks are looking great!