So, yesterday we ended the day with the roof almost finished. 20cm short, due to the new zinc being narrower than the original, and 4 2.1m pieces missing to complete the last four runs. I was really frustrated and pissed.
But, like so many times before, over night I got an idea! First thing in this morning I measured the second set of sheets, the ones that didn't work for the original ones, which forced me to cut those beautiful long sheets into pieces to make up for the missing 2 m on top! Ha! Turns out, their canals are 31 cm! Yeay! They didn't fit the original zinc, but they do fit the new long sheets!
| Roof almost finished - Weibi, the dog who adopted me last year when I arrived, and two of the five puppies she graced me with in December, are enjoying the cool evening and sunset |
And, to compensate for the missing 20cm overall roof width, I had one of these sheets of the second set cut in half lengthwise, making 2 pieces of 4.2 m. Using these as second to last run - with a little more overlap as usual - and then finishing up the roof by using the 4th new long sheet with one more of the 2.1 m long sheets of the second order.
Phew! What a juggling!!!
Finally, the installation of the missing two pieces of facia on either side of the west-slope of the roof, made the day complete!
The roof is finished!
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