moar roof

[kellan_the_tabby]

But first, a break to demolish some pallets, first, cos the wood will want a couple days to dry before I start putting it on the wall.

Look! Wood!

The daily commute.

Easier & safer to scramble around on roofs without the boots on.

This goes faster now that I know what I’m doing!

It is MOST of a roof now.

I sent this picture to my mom & my Aunt Ann because I’m mean.

More wood!

Next up: yet more roof.

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Comments

[azurelunatic]

So much roof!

[kellan_the_tabby]

roof is Lorng

[siliconshaman]

Guess what I'm going to be doing if it ever stops raining here for long enough..
yup I have a workshop roof to replace and rebuild.

Because apparently, polycarbonate sheets leak like sieves around the edges unless you're really careful and know what your doing. Which I could have done with knowing about before I built half of the workshop roof out of them.

oh well.. live and learn.

[kellan_the_tabby]

oh NO that SUCKS

& yeah, I've been doing a LOT of research into How To Do This Right, because I do NOT want to have to be on that roof EVER AGAIN when it's done. o.0

May your second roof be the type that you never have to climb up on again?

[siliconshaman]

Lots of timber rafters, heavy waterproof membrane [technically, it's an industrial grade tarp] and then sheet metal. Like 7 square meters of it.. [12 sheets of 125cm by 45cm] And probably a bucket load of bitumen based waterproof sealant/adhesive compound to seal the joints.

Possibly overkill, but I am sick of leaks.

Btw... if you're still working on your roof, might I suggest either overlapping the joints between the plywood sheets, or applying a waterproofing tape [or hemp sacking strips and cold application bitumen paint] to seal the joints between plywood sheets before you apply the waterproofing membrane over it. Not to stop the water coming in although it will do that, but to stop warm moist air from inside the wagon seeping up through the joints and condensing out under the membrane, forming a trapped layer of damp which would promote mold and rot.

Yeah, I've been researching roofing, having cocked up the first time.

[kellan_the_tabby]

Yep, all the joints are covered in tape, & that's why I'm using housewrap on the roof as well as the walls, to keep from trapping the damp. Which IS a concern here in New Mexico, although not as much as it is elsewhere! & yes, I am FIRMLY in favour of overkill when it comes to Keep The Water on the Outside.

[siliconshaman]

Me too.. although in Britain, and in this bit of Yorkshire in particular, we get enough that you practically have to build an upside-down boat hull to keep it all out.

21 inches in four hours.. Yeesh!

[kellan_the_tabby]

Shrink wrap entire building?

[siliconshaman]

Maybe... I swear, if I could build a place and money was no concern, NASA would want to borrow the plans to use as a Mars base.

As it is, I'm making do with upcycling stuff and cobbling together stuff from junk. 80% of my workshop is recycled timber, old chicken coops, fence panels.. stuff from skips. Most of what I've bought is hardware to hold it together, paint and roofing felt. Oh, and rafters, because I couldn't find any 4x2 in the right lengths for free.

[kellan_the_tabby]

YEP, I swiped most of the boards on the outside of the tinker's wagon from the abandoned house down the street, all of the inside walls will be done with pallet wood, basically as much as I could scrounge, I scrounged. Did have to buy 2x4s, yeah, alas, but with luck on my next project I'll find a source for those too.

Heck, one of my plans for tomorrow is 'walk down to the abandoned house with a drill & prybar & see if I can come up with some fence boards'.