Building The gable wall

The ladder built into the gable wall.
The gable with ladder to the new roof being built in, scaffolding to enable a cropped roof to be constructed above the bedroom's French doors. Railings or balcony will need to be built upto 1100mm high in front of the French doors

Rafters at 400 centRes

Steel work in place
A tower is used here to enable work to be carried out on the ridge and rafters.  Here you see the new gable built up from the existing main house and the doorway in what will be the new loft conversion. The new roof is now insulated, felt and battoned and tiled in, and is now fully water tight.  The new loft conversion is built over the existing house and sheeted in every night to keep dry.  Once the entire roof has been built and tiled, the inside work can commence.  The existing roof is now removed and the breakthroughs into the main house are started.