Yesterday, the east side of the roof was completed, and the west side got 14 of 18 runs, too. Now. the house looked like a house already. It was possible to get a feel for the terrace, and the rooms, and bathrooms.
It felt AWESOME!!!
| Looking at guest room from terrace, part of the kitchen area on the left |
| Looking at master bedroom from terrace, other part of the kitchen on the right |
| Much of the roof already in place. Guest room in the foreground,master bedroom in the back-ground, and large terrace in front of them |
| Terrace and view as seen from the kitchen |
I had ordered the missing zinc (the local name for roofing sheet metal), and had it delivered yesterday. So we're all set to finish the roof today! Yeay!
So I thought!
Turns out, the 5.5 m long pieces were from a different manufacturer than the 4.2m long pieces. And, these manufacturers use a different canal width! Sounds familiar? Well, yes! But, originally, the problem was - so I thought - that I had bought the zinc form different ferreterias at different times. This time, I made sure I bought them at the same time form the same ferreteria!
Still, they had given me incompatible zinc!!!
| 5 canals 30.5 cm |
| 5 canals 31 cm |
| another one with 5 canals 31 cm |
| 5 canals 30 cm |
I was really pissed! Not just is that stuff quite expensive! But I now have a whole crew of workers here, that can not continue with their work - but still want to be paid for the day!
I climbed onto the roof and started measuring the canal0-widths: original ones: 30cm for 5 canals. New long ones 31cm, new shorts 30.5cm! Darn!!! Aside of that, the new long sheets are a few cm less wide than the original ones. So, the last 4 runs come out about 20 cm to short for where the roof should end!!!
After some lamenting and - yes I admit - cursing, they day finished with 4 runs missing the top 2.1m, and the zinc ending 20 short of the end of the roof!
Well, almost!
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