{"id":2421,"date":"2016-02-25T20:40:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T20:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2016-03-02T21:11:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T21:11:10","slug":"roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=2421","title":{"rendered":"Roofing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lovely stretch of not-raining weather, longer days and a looming deadline has meant that we are putting a lot of hours in lately.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_20160219_131153\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160219_131153.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a fair amount of head scratching and cross-eyed 3D imagination exercising, we figured out that Ben&#8217;s 45 degree jig could be made to cut all the jack-rafters by tilting the saw at 45 degrees also. Some had to go in one way and some the other, but it worked a treat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2426\" alt=\"IMG_20160224_141949\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160224_141949.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160224_141949.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160224_141949-480x640.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ben, who never does anything dangerous, volunteered to sit on the ridge and fix them in place.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2427\" alt=\"IMG_20160225_114302\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160225_114302.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We placed the last rafters this morning in glorious sunshine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_20160225_114524\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160225_114524.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ben celebrated by hanging one-handed from the collar ties.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2428\" alt=\"IMG_20160225_114319\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160225_114319-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160225_114319-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160225_114319-480x640.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a shame this view will soon be hidden by a roof. But it&#8217;s not a shame that we won&#8217;t get soaked working in the building anymore.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_20160225_114340\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160225_114340.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ben never does anything dangerous.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_20160225_174855\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160225_174855.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And while we were at it, we built some scaffolding at the front of the house in preparation for roofing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lovely stretch of not-raining weather, longer days and a looming deadline has meant that we are putting a lot of hours in lately. 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