Immediately after
finishing the Dark Side, I walked to the back of the roof and got started on the only remaining area that needed slates - the little corner at the edge of the new dormer. This area is very small, but has an angled corner on one side and a small section of vertical wall on the other - which meant that it would be a huge pain in the neck.
And sure enough, it was. Besides the time-consuming angled cuts, the weather decided to be difficult once again. It kept raining on and off all day, so I'd get a little done, then have to move inside...this made the work go really, really slowly. I also had to keep going down to check on the
plumbers, so I was only able to finish the roof portion, but not the wall. The wall only got done the next day.
But with that, we reached a major milestone - the slates are completely finished! The end of the roof work is in sight...
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| June 16 - before starting work |
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| The first few battens in place |
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| June 17 - installing the battens |
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| The first slates installed |
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| Starting the 2nd row - the vertical slate was used to locate the starting position (edge) of the roof |
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| It was raining on and off, but managed to get a few rows up. |
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| June 18th - Finished the roof slates, starting on the vertical wall |
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| It's not many slates, but time consuming due to the cuts and hanging everything vertically |
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| Almost every piece has to be custom cut. |
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| 3:30pm - Finished! Tired, but happy and relieved! |
