The Roof part 4 "Sorted"

This is how the front of roof looked in December 2009, with all the window openings secured and weather proof. 
You can see in the second photo how having the dipped dormas in the front didn’t cause any planning issues as although next doors are in roof dormas ours were not really radical and fit in. We were very happy (very very very happy) with the result





And this is how the back panned out. 
I know it look s a bit “slum dog millionaire” in the middle section but it is weather proof and that’s what counts for the winter. The plan was to clad the back to the dorma room in wood but that would wait until spring 2010.







And from the right side showing the shape of the eyebrow and the rendered chimney. 
You can also see the benefit of all the measuring and setting the lines out for the hooks as the sign of a good roof is that when you look up at the hooks they should all be in neat straight and parallel lines. 




Winter 2009, and there it was done. 
The new roof was on.
The roofer had always said that with such a complex series of angles it would be a big surprise if it didn’t leak to start with and he identified where the problems might occur and he was right and wrong at the same time .We had one small leak on the left hand side, where the water came off the dorma roof and forced its way in sideways near the eyebrow. 
It took about 4 hours to strip of some slates insert a couple of bits of wider tin and the problem was solved. 
The roof was finished September 2009 and it is going to be 2012/13 before I fit any insulation so “if” there are any hard to detect “seepers” they will become obvious in the 2 to 3 years the roof has had to settle.