{"id":2650,"date":"2016-05-29T21:13:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T21:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2016-05-29T21:13:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T21:13:27","slug":"roof-and-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=2650","title":{"rendered":"Roof and Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antony came round to help me fit the first roof window, which went remarkably smoothly, mainly due to Antony knowing what he was doing. This is a view of what will one day, God willing, be my bedroom.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_20160528_104442\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160528_104442.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Outside the window, David continues to make excellent progress on the roof. I have spent the day not actually on the roof because it&#8217;s bloody uncomfortable work and if others are willing to do it while I frame in windows and cut bits of wood for this and that, well who am I to complain. Mackenzie, son of my good friend Michelle finally succumbed to her badgering and dropped by to help.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2651\" alt=\"IMG_20160529_173015\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_173015.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alec, despite the photographic evidence, spent all day cutting tiles to order for the guys on the roof, and not sitting around on straw.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2655\" alt=\"IMG_20160528_183034\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160528_183034.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160528_183034.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160528_183034-480x640.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the roof approximately 1\/10th done, and David looking pleased with that, quite rightly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2656\" alt=\"IMG_20160529_133115\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_133115.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_133115.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_133115-480x640.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was crazy-hot on the roof, so I was pleased to be able to work inside, framing and making a hole for the next roof window.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2657\" alt=\"IMG_20160529_143907\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_143907.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_143907.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_143907-480x640.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I then managed to fit that window all by my very own self. With only minor, easily rectifiable mistakes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_20160529_181308\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_181308.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the view across the valley to the pub is everything I hoped it would be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antony came round to help me fit the first roof window, which went remarkably smoothly, mainly due to Antony knowing what he was doing. This is a view of what will one day, God willing, be my bedroom. 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