Barn roof

[Steve Maskery]

A little over a year ago I posted some pictures of one of our barns:

This what we have.
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I thought it might be 6 or 7K but twice that? Ouch. The main barn is much, much bigger.
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Since then things have only got worse, more bits falling off, etc. so doing something was getting a bit more urgent.
Our English neighbours, Bob and Ruth, had a leak round two of their Veluxes and found a couple of guys, both English, on a local FB site. They did the necessary and Bob and Ruth were very happy with them. This is in some contrast with some other tradesmen, both French and English, who have been less than excellent.
So I asked Will and Russ for a quote to fix the barn roof. Lots of sucking of teeth, but they quoted me €3.6K and they started last Monday.
They have worked some short days and not Wednesday at all (it was piddling down), but so far I'm happy. It's not perfectly straight (it would need all new timbers for that, I think), but its a jolly sight better already. It's a barn, not Ally Pally, I just want it to be sound and dry. Here are some pics.









The front half is almost complete now, but it's too dark to take a photo.

It turns out that Russ is also a qualified electrician and plumber, so all being well we shall see a bit more of him
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[Cabinetman]

Well done Steve, that old roof looked like it was ready to dump a load of tiles on your bonce!
3 Euros 60 sounds good value lol.

 

[duke]

Ha, add a coma after the three and two zeros at the end.

 

[Steve Maskery]

3 Euros 60 sounds good value lol.

Er, edited...

 

[Lurker]

Photo of the finished job , Steve?

 

[Steve Maskery]

They haven't finished yet. One day was out because one of them had to take his daughter to the Prefecture, a couple of days it's been raining, one day they ran out of tiles, yada, yada, yada. But I'm pleased with it and I hope they finish tomorrow.
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[Steve Maskery]

Well there has been delay after delay. Christmas and NY came and went. Then it was bitterly cold (we had several days when the temperature never got up to freezing), then one of them was unwell...
However, this week they finished.
Well, sort of.
They've finished what we agreed. There is still the guttering to do which will be extra. The choice here is between zinc or UPVC, (grey or cream, no black).
They have also asked about what we want to do with all the spoil. It's a lot to take to the tip. They've suggested simply spreading it on the dirt floor and whacking down as a base for a concrete floor, or even just left as crushed tile. So that is what we are going to do for now, crush it and see how it behaves. Maybe concrete later.
It doesn't look like a new roof, but then it isn't and I wouldn't want it to do so. It looks like an old barn with a roof in good condition and that is what it is.
It is secure and dry and I shall consider parking my car in there (easy if it were not full of junk...). All in all, I'm happy.
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[SamQ aka Ah! Q!]

Glad for you, Steve. Nice tidy appearance.

 

[AJB Temple]

They seem to be being both constructive and reasonable.

Good to be making progress Steve.

 

[Jonathan]

Looks good Steve, I do like the Zinc guttering they use in France and Portugal.

 

[Cabinetman]

Is it just a dirt floor under the tile shards?

 

[Steve Maskery]

Is it just a dirt floor under the tile shards?

Yes

 

[AndyP]

Defo zinc guttering if you can stomach the costs over plastic. Looks like you have zinc elsewhere on the house. It will be maintenance free for decades.

 

[Steve Maskery]

Yes, all the rest is zinc. But, while it might last for decades, I won't, and the existing zingerie (I think there should be a U in there somewhere) leaks like a sieve.

 

[Lurker]

Nice job.