Why can’t we have weather like this every week?  Blue sky, sunshine and warm temperatures, it was a pleasure to work in those conditions.  Forecast for next week, rain.  Typical!

On Monday Stu and I finished off the final internal block work wall on the first floor, just leaving the hallway brick wall to do.  In the afternoon we fixed all the remaining timber strapping on the inside of the main roof.  On Tuesday we put the remaining roof trusses into position now the scaffold was out of our way and we could fix them in, and then fixed all the timber strapping into position.  On Wednesday we fixed all the soffit and facia, and made a start on the felting and timber battening.  On Thursday we nearly had the roof finished when we came up one length of felt short!  So we got into the van and had a trip out to Huntingdon to get a 50 metre roll so we could finish the final 4 metres!

On Friday we had a trip over to Swindon to visit the National Homebuild and Renovation Centre, with my Dad coming along out of interest.  Half the centre is made up of ‘cut away’ displays showing all the different types of construction on foundations, walls, roofs etc, with easy to understand wording to go with them.  The other half of the centre is made of various exhibiters.  If you are doing a self build, having a new build done or having a large extension done it is a great place to visit to gain some knowledge and see things first hand.