Permanent Quality Temporary Roof

There was a single storey walkway on the north side of the main body of the castle with a lead covered roof. Duh! Naturally this was the amongst the first lead to be stripped when the building was abandoned. The walkway did not stand a chance. The paperwork to get this fixed up has been a nightmare of delay-after-delay, all the while water has been dripping through here into the basement below. This is the only place water is still getting into the building en masse albeit by percolation. It has been a source of considerable distress: this part of the basement is permanently wet.

My builder and I finally snapped and we decided to build a temporary roof here. I hate wasting time and resources on something that is not the final solution - but enough was enough. The temporary roof will protect the building and it is cleverly a couple of feet above the original roof. so we can eventually construct the proper replacement underneath in the dry.

The photos show the step-by-step construction of the roof. My builder has achieved an amazing quality of build, and has chased it exceptionally neatly into the contours of the building. He assures me it will last for decades, which made me laugh. And certainly, it buys genuine time for the building. :-)

roof beams in position; sheeting before affixing

roof from the inside

roof now felted

windows blocked, roof in place

roof drains into this light well below - fortunately we excavated working drains!