Day 68 - Roofing

Our bricklayer was supposed to finish the walls ready for the roofer to complete the roof, but due to illness he hasn't been able to work for a couple of days. As our roofer was also flying out on holiday on the 10th of January, he couldn't wait for the wall to be finished so made a frame to the required height to install the rafters.

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 We considered having 3 roof windows instead of the originally planned 2 but it doesn't leave us with much of a ceiling.
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Photo 5 shows where we have a slight problem to solve. The architect had intended for a brick pillar to support the steel beam which was initially planned to go lower. We decided to remove the pillar to have a continuous wall on the inside and also raised the steel beam to maximise the ceiling height. It was only later that we realized, doing so will leave us with a hole above the roof.
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