Starting the Roof

Wednesday 8 December 2010

My moment of glory!  Dave is heavier, broader and less flexible than me (hurrah! - for me, not him) so I got the heroic task of climbing up between the rafters (yes, I know I mustn't step on the bits in between) to start nailing the roofing plywood down.

We didn't take any more photos after this, as all the rest were big heavy pieces of ply, and we both had to concentrate hard not to decapitate Dave on the stepladder while fitting them. 

We did the south face and recovered with polythene.  I managed to squeeze out bum first through the western triangle, where the ground is highest.  Dave holding the ladder and guiding my feet - a risky job, and much braver than climbing about on the roof.