New Bungalow

[Lincsman]

think its a bit of a Scottish tradition its called "Sarking" over the border,
many many old buildings in Scotland have it,


will say Paul it is looking good

I think its a legal requirement, its noted on rolls of membrane of how to do it.

 

[Speedstar]

think its a bit of a Scottish tradition its called "Sarking" over the border,
many many old buildings in Scotland have it,


will say Paul it is looking good

Yes you are right it is called sarking on the roof , then felt or a membrane under the state's, we are using slate as most new tiles only have a 20 year life span and warranty were slate is 50 year's or more

 

[jamesy]

think its a bit of a Scottish tradition its called "Sarking" over the border,
many many old buildings in Scotland have it,


will say Paul it is looking good

Aye, Scottish builders put roofs on so they won’t blow off!

 

[Hilly]

Aye, Scottish builders put roofs on so they won’t blow off!

English roofs are a joke , I’ve been in lifts you can see through gaps ? uk houses are pretty poor , in the 80’s we lived in a Scandinavian built house much better than British houses , 12” insulating everywhere triple glazing sealed doors for a start out heating bill was sweet fa .

 

[jamesy]

English roofs are a joke , I’ve been in lifts you can see through gaps ? uk houses are pretty poor , in the 80’s we lived in a Scandinavian built house much better than British houses , 12” insulating everywhere triple glazing sealed doors for a start out heating bill was sweet fa .

Watched roofing a house down in Englandshire.... couldn’t believe they didn’t nail & clip every tile!?

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Aye, Scottish builders put roofs on so they won’t blow off!

Whether true or not, I was told it was to stop snow blowing in , and also as it was a wood skin under the slates, it meant that wind did not blow in as it had no where to go as the sarking stopped it,
A really good idea I think

 

[br jones]

Watched roofing a house down in Englandshire.... couldn’t believe they didn’t nail & clip every tile!?

A lot of us dont live in very windy spots ,like your good self

 

[jamesy]

A lot of us dont live in very windy spots ,like your good self

Evidently!

 

[Speedstar]

The last of any work on the new Bungalow for a while I think with the trades all in lock down, it was just starting to take shape with the slate going on and the last of the roof trusses going in to place

 

[flywheel]

The last of any work on the new Bungalow for a while I think with the trades all in lock down, it was just starting to take shape with the slate going on and the last of the roof trusses going in to placeView attachment 866105View attachment 866106View attachment 866107

looks good ,why 3 slates missing 4th row down ,roof vents ?

 

[br jones]

looks good ,why 3 slates missing 4th row down ,roof vents ?

For the scaffold plank effort

 

[Charolais cattle]

What size is your slate and what price are they ? PM if you like...

 

[RushesToo]

The last of any work on the new Bungalow for a while I think with the trades all in lock down, it was just starting to take shape with the slate going on and the last of the roof trusses going in to placeView attachment 866105View attachment 866106View attachment 866107

Hope the weather holds. It might help to say that they can carry on with 2M separation and radios . Risk of infection zero and not "working alone"
I see no reason to stop if there are two on site. It keeps the money moving and people on their feet.

Bad and sad to see a building not weatherproof.

 

[bravheart]

Hope the weather holds. It might help to say that they can carry on with 2M separation and radios . Risk of infection zero and not "working alone"
I see no reason to stop if there are two on site. It keeps the money moving and people on their feet.

Bad and sad to see a building not weatherproof.

Agree with this one @Speedstar assume you have a contract with a big builder who will have laid everyone off on the 80%pay rate but on isolated sites like this it’s a real shame a couple of self employed builders/roofers couldn’t be engaged to at least make the structure watertight, would be a win win situation.

 

[Speedstar]

What size is your slate and what price are they ? PM if you like...

sorry i have no idea on the slate size or price it was so me much to do the complete work on the roof

 

[Speedstar]

Hope the weather holds. It might help to say that they can carry on with 2M separation and radios . Risk of infection zero and not "working alone"
I see no reason to stop if there are two on site. It keeps the money moving and people on their feet.

Bad and sad to see a building not weatherproof.

workers think staying at a home & getting 80% of there pay is a better deal than working, if we did have to do the things we do I may have done the same you never know with this virus sh!t

 

[Speedstar]

We have got most of the drains in now and made a start on putting the septic treatment tank in , hard to get things in the lock down ,just need some concrete to finish it off hopefully this next week and hopefully the builders will be back soon

 

[Speedstar]

Putting the BT cable in along with the mains water pipe & French drain.

Hope the builders are back this week some time as we are about finished all the job we have to do for a while

 

[Speedstar]

Lots of drains , water pipes & BT cables this week & the builders are back on Monday

Got the concrete around the tank as well a few weeks ago

 

[suffolksmallholder]

What size is your slate and what price are they ? PM if you like...

I used to use Duchess or Countess. These were the standard slate sizes in our area but as you can see on the list is is much bigger that that!

Sizes of Slates

Those in the pic look like Countess.
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