Week 9 - Zinc roof.
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As mentioned last week, the zinc roofers asked if they could start a week early(!) and so, on Monday morning along they came - Brian and Tom from Wessex Metal Roofing in Salisbury. The first couple of days were mainly rolling out long zinc profile sections from the back of their van, then these proceeded to be fixed on to the 18mm ply sheeting that Alan the Chippie had laid the previous week.
Three triple-glazed electric Veluxes arrived from the builders’ merchants (I forgot they were coming last week tbh) and while I spent ages looking on the (frankly rather terrible) Velux website for installation instructions and videos, Mrs P. pointed out to me the the CCTV seemed to show the guys had already fitted them in. “Oh, I’ll stop looking then.”
The moment the roofers realised we have CCTV 😂 :
By the end of the week most of the zinc panels have been fitted, plus some facias and gutters. I must admit that when we signed up for a standing seam zinc roof I assumed it would actually be ‘zinc’ - but it appears to be white plastic, with ‘zinc’ written on it - we've been done!
Apparently it’s best to take off all the protective film at once otherwise it can start to age differently.
For those interested, we’ve opted for VMZinc Plus in ‘Quartz’. We can’t wait to see it ‘undressed’.
Although most of the zinc panels are now on, there is still a fair bit for Brian and Tom to do including some vertical clad sections on the far side of the house, plus facias, verges, and a ventilated ridge for the south-facing monopitch roof (on the left of the photos). Also they have the zinc gutters and downpipes to fit. They are expecting to finish the week after next.
We’re also hoping that the work on south-facing roof, which is mainly 30 in-roof SolFit solar panels with a band of slate tiles around them, will start w/c 4th August. So with luck by the end of that week, all the roofing, gutters and downpipes will be done.
While the roofing carries on through next week we also have South West Insulating (SWI) from Redruth on-site to start fitting the VCL/Airtightness membrane and the additional internal wall and roof insulation . The sequence for the next three weeks inside should be:
Week 1 - South West Insulating - VCL to roof, then VCL + 50mm PIR + service cavity battens to walls.
Week 2 - JW Insulation arrive from Essex to blow cellulose into the roof (a 254mm cavity formed by the Posi-joist open web rafters).
Week 3 - SWI back to finish roof works (100m PIR + service cavity battens).
Let’s see how well that masterplan survives the heat of battle 😬.
And finally… On Friday, evening, after yet another huge tidy-up of the site by Mrs P., we hosted about 20 local friends for beers and a chance to look around the skeleton of our house. We had beautiful weather and of course everyone was very kind about the house and what we are doing. A lot of really great questions as well about the technical detail of the build - I was surprised how genuinely interested many people were and I suspect a few were thinking they might have a go at self-build themselves.
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