Ready for roofing

The walls just kept on growing on Monday 20th May. Carl, Ash and Bob were once again joined by Mark and Aidan and by the end of the day Tuesday, the first floor walls had reached the bottom of the roof.

The outline of the upstairs windows had taken shape and a course of blocks has topped the beam above the bifold on the rear extension.

So far I have not discussed the roof trusses and now seems as good a time as any. As the builders began their part of the work, I asked them if they would mind ordering the trusses for the roof. It was the most sensible choice, as they could organise the delivery to suit their schedule. Our building specification drawings from the architect were provided to Trussform, and they sent out a surveyor to measure for themselves. Trussform gave us a quote for the work and I paid promptly over the phone, so there were no holdups. As our new roof will line up with the original, accuracy was extremely important. That being so, they sent out a single truss first as a gauge, which arrived on Wednesday.

The truss wasn't quite right, so the surveyor came back out to us straight away and by the end of the day the whole roof was designed and ready to be built at the factory.

As we waited for the trusses; the largest steel RSJ, which will support the back wall of the house, was hoisted into position. It was temporarily, but safely, supported by scaffolding and the side wall of the extension, ready for next week.

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I am so excited by how well this is going and so pleased with how absolutely brilliant our builders are. Seriously, we have fallen on our feet here! They are great to be around, incredibly quick, but not careless, have a fantastic work ethic and try to save us money where it can be saved. They have come in under what they quoted, even though we are just paying them for labour. They always check if we are happy and their craftsmanship is faultless. I cannot rate them highly enough, and no I am not being paid for this plug! I just genuinely think we could not have found better builders. They cover a wide area from Walsall and Birmingham to Stafford and Gnosall, so if you need some work doing, I highly recommend them and believe me when I say, I don't recommend people easily!

Snapped this while they were having a quick cuppa...

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