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Sunday 16 March 2008

Day on the Tiles


Well, we’ve had a bit of a hiccup with the roof. Our fault in a way. There wasn’t enough fall on the roof, for the water to run off properly. Although the fall was 600mm over the length of the building, the way the tiles sit on each other, this turned out not to be enough. Thankfully, Christa had the sense to tip a load of water on the roof after he had laid just a few rows of tiles. The water poured off to start with, but as the pressure lessened, the remainder ran back.

Rather than take the whole roof off and raise the beams, Petir spent a week adjusting the levels with struts and bricks. This saved us a huge sum of money, as we would have had to replace all of the bardo’s that had been laid and concreted into place. The cost of his time would have had to be paid anyway, dismantling. Late this week, Christa came back, and finished putting the roof on. He has also put one row of tiles at the front pointing downwards, making a lovely finish.

Now, they have to finish off the long wall, which will be much easier. Once that is done, then they will render everything. There will be two coats of render. A base coat, and then a skim, made up with white cement, to give it its pale finish. This means that we won’t have to paint it for some time.

Petir says that the rendering will be very quick, but there is so much of it, I think it will take a while. We are very pleased with their work, and happy to recommend them to anyone. Whenever we come up with another idea, Christa finds a way to fit in with our requirements. I just wish that I could speak Bulagrian! (and Spanish)

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