Here we go

Well yesterday marked the start of the main renovation with the scaffolding going up for the roof to be re-built. They could only do the front and back of the house, not the rear, because the live power cables attach to the side of the house. Not to worry, the repointing can be done off towers or ladders and the roof can be done from the front and back.

I went up today to take a photo on my way back from work and managed to get there just as it was getting dark. According to Foxy (our builder) the timbers are in very good condition and probably none will need to be replaced. This means we might be able to get the loft floor timbers uprated (replaced) to allow us to floor it and be in spec regarding building regs should we want a loft conversion. As usual its another task that is so much better done at this stage to save lots of hassle and cost in the future. The problem is that if we carry on doing all these speculative jobs we'll end up spending too much. We have to draw the line somewhere. Maybe once we've sat down with Foxy and gone through the rest of the jobs we'll have enough in the budget to sort the loft floor out?

Anyway, here's the photo, you can see tiles on the scaff ready to be put back on once the felt and battens have been added and replaced.