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Hi Nick, J here, my "mantra" for our move is less stuff not more storage, so not planning on having anything in the loft....we'll see how that goes! Seriously though that's one of the reasons we're comfortable with the old fashioned w trusses being provided as part of out frame kit. Always good to "test" the thought process though

But very funny!

Christ that's darker than @Iceverge

50°C on sunny days in summer before we added tile vents (it's a 100yr old roof, re-roofed in 1989 with dark tiles, and no economic way to put a vented ridge on it). Thankfully it's nearly always windy here, and from memory the vents knocked at least 10-15C off that figure last summer. You will have loads of insulation in your roof, but it's the decrement delay that also matters. How long does it take the heat to enter - and leave - the insulation? You mount a chunk of crumbling sole plate on a plinth and give it to them as a Christmas present. Many broken nights recently @Iceverge?

"Your gardens are beautiful"

I think we need to increase my Makita budget!

On the Roof ventilation side I think you are planning insulation at ceiling level and a pitched roof? If so I would opt for a sealed roof and zero ventilation in the attic to prevent wind washing of the insulation. Have a look at Tyveks detail for a non ventilated cold roof.

Good to see progress, keep on keeping on.

Congrats, it must be very gratifying to make so much progress.

Misleading title causing click bait - should be banned

Hmmmm. In Suffolk there’s a very non pc name for people who are not quite as intelligent as others - window lickers. Dreadful name really, but that is of course the image now in my mind. Me contorting my face and mouth to get my tongue to touch the inside of the lens whilst emitting a low sort of moan at the awkwardness of it. That's the moment some bugger takes a pic…. But oddly, I like snorkelling and I rinse my mask then spit on it to stop misting - so I should have thought of that. Thank you.

An honourable notion. I didn't even want an attic hatch. Certainly no boarding up there. Anything that ends up in the loft belongs in a skip. I would like a house suspended on weight cells that would shut off the WiFi and TV if a critical balance was exceeded. Curbing than the desire to pack every corner full with ballast. Don't mention the walls. Just touch them gently on the shoulder, glance quickly in the direction of their house before staring forlornly into their eyes and say: "I pray for you, everyday, I pray for you"

Its great when things start to take shape to your plans. Keep going, its well worth the effort in the end. This all reminds me of our start, and also that I need to do a blog entry 🙂

Thank you. I initially called it the Pigpen but that wasn’t generally liked and the neighbours may have inferred that we would be keeping livestock rather than a barely housetrained, smelly and untidy little, round, bald fella who makes loads on noise.