Once the supporting beams had been installed our roof contractors cut and fitted the panels and the ridge tiles.
Ed started work on making the chimney more efficient and, at the same time, decorative.
Firstly he made zinc flashing around the top of the panels to prevent rain from entering.
We decided on a Gaudi-esque cupola that would allow the wind to suck out the smoke from the chimney.
Ed built it up using stones.
Then he formed the air vents before rendering the whole thing with cement.
Later on we will put on broken ceramic tile to create a mosaic effect.
It already looks pretty good from close up...
... and not too bad bad from a distance, either.
Our workers then cemented under the zinc skirt around the chimney and the panels and tiles to ensure their stability.
Meanwhile Geronimo designs and builds the scaffolding for the huge job of installing the insulation underneath the inside of the roof and then plastering over.
A complicated graduated platform of planks is used just for one of the eight triangular sections of the roof. When each one is completed the whole structure will be moved to the next section.
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