We had a meeting with the architect and the roofing man today. A little bit disappointed because the light-wells that we had looked are not going to be practical. The overall cost (bearing in mind that the floor of the loft in the old house is reinforced concrete!) was going to be ridiculous. We could have a low energy bulb on all the time for twenty years for the same price.
That said, the roof carpentry has gone on apace. The picture below is a panorama from two shots so the apparent curvature in some of the beams is an illusion.
Mostly done in Douglas fir, the biggest beams are so called manufactured. This factory gluing together of planks so that long beams can be made. You can also see that tiles have been stripped off the old roof.
This is perhaps the most surprising feature, two trades working on site with one another. The couvreur, he who puts the slates on, has taken the tiles off three sides. The far side he has already put the membrane on. He has also scaffolded round the whole building at gutter height ready to start slating next week.
It really is beginning to come together. The picture below doesn't show very much but does show that I climbed up much, much higher than my scaredy-cat brain told me I should.
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