Harting 8: Eaves and chimney done, lots of small jobs finished inside

The eaves are done

The weather has been absolutely terrible for the last couple of days. Actually, for pretty much the whole last week. Rain, cold and lots of wind too. Exactly what you don't want when (a) you have a house with no real roof and (b) you are a roofer trying to put a roof on (a). Anyway, fair play to the roofers, they still managed to get a lot of work done. The pavatex hardboard insulation "exaskeleton" is done and the lats are finished. Best of all, the "Spengler" (not sure what this trade is called in english - the guy who fits eaves and does the lead/tin/copper work on the roof) came last Saturday and got almost everything done in one go (one half day's work really). He put a metal skin on the chimney as well. We went for metal because brick chimneys tend to rot over time. Water from rain (and we get enough of that) gathers in any cracks in the mortar, freezes, expands and breaks. That continues over time (not even much time required) and the end result is a chimney that rots and decays.

The wallplate is no longer hanging on skyhooks

Other than the Spengler work on the roof, there were numerous small-ish jobs on the inside that finally got taken care of (mostly due to the weather). You can see from the photos below, that the Ytong wall in the bathroom is now built up to the ceiling (credit goes to Daniel for this piece of tetris work). Uli has started the wiring in the bedrooms (and the main electric unit is in the wall already). I finally finished the reveal of the front door (I kept getting called away to other jobs) and the kitchen windows are pretty much finished as well. I also dug two of the four holes necessary for the steel beams which will support the glass overhang. The other two will have to wait until Stuckenberger's men move the existing Acro Jacks. I also bricked up a section of wall under the wallplate on the north wall. It was bothering me for months because it looked as though the last metre of the wallplate was floating in the air (apart from one huge rusty nail which might have been holding it). I bricked it up yesterday afternoon while a tempest raged outside. I almost forgot to put in my empty pipes to carry the network cables. That would have been a disaster...