One more job towards getting the roof on the scaffolding has been completed. It's the first time I actually feel that we will get this roof done before the winter really kicks in! It has taken a very long time since we started the scaffolding and the roof and we have lost our joy of working at the site because of it but now we have some joy back because it looks like we can do it after all. The rafters have been waiting on the ground ready for more than a month. And now they are all up and in place.
This is what we needed:
- A babysitter for three days to have the kids out of the way
- One person (me) on the ground handling the rafters: making them ready to go up, lifting them up the length of myself and then going to the other end of the rope to pull. I have started to remember all kind of useful things from my sailing days.
- A good knot (that I won't name because I'm not sure of the name... Or the knot...)
- A pulley
- One person (Mick) on top helping pulling the rafter up, directing it to place and then nailing it into place, untying the knot, moving the pulley and throwing the rope down to the next rafter.
During all of this there came snow, rain, hail and sleet from the sky. It has been between -10c° up to +1c°. Mick has these days a harness on because the planks are pure ice. He also found useful to have anti-slip's on his boots.
A great job sounds very difficult but it will be well worth while.
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