We had not expected any need to post again until I returned to Arné in mid-January. However, we had an unexpected Christmas present in the form of an e-mail from our builder with several photos of the house attached; these are the ones posted above.
And you may understand our delight at receiving these as the progress made over the two weeks since we returned to the UK is very clearly visible. Virtually the whole of the western end of the house has now had the main structure of the roof rebuilt. The next step will be to put an impermeable membrane in place and then the laths on which the tiles will be laid. And then the tiles themselves can be laid – the new tiles have already been delivered to the house.
So at this rate of progress it would seem Jean Claude’s statement that this part of the roof will be complete by the time I make my January visit is likely to be fulfilled. And that will mean we have a dry area in which to start the next steps in the restoration.
And you may understand our delight at receiving these as the progress made over the two weeks since we returned to the UK is very clearly visible. Virtually the whole of the western end of the house has now had the main structure of the roof rebuilt. The next step will be to put an impermeable membrane in place and then the laths on which the tiles will be laid. And then the tiles themselves can be laid – the new tiles have already been delivered to the house.
So at this rate of progress it would seem Jean Claude’s statement that this part of the roof will be complete by the time I make my January visit is likely to be fulfilled. And that will mean we have a dry area in which to start the next steps in the restoration.
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