26th August 2017
Day 26
I had to get the under-felt on today, no pressure then.
At least the weather was with me.
The roofing material I was using was self-adhesive, so much cleaner to use, you would think.
The manufacturer of this material is a real dumb shit, firstly you have to tear through the application instructions, which are printed on the protective paper sleeve, great idea! They did think to print the instruction several times, which means you tear through it at different places in the text. So then you have to join various parts together to get the complete version.
Then the rolls have three bands of adhesive tape holding it together. The adhesive is the strongest known to man. If you ever want to piss your kids off at Christmas time, wrap their presents with this tape, they won’t get them open till lent.
Twenty minutes later the rolls are ready to be used.
First I had to apply a bitumen primer which started the rot of trying to keep my hands clean.
As luck would have it, it took exactly two rolls, and I applied them in four different ways each with good and bad points, but hurrah, I finished it without bonding myself to the roof, or falling off and breaking something.
This was my job finished for now. Had there not been a shortage of 11mm OSB I would have completed the fitting of the outer panels, but hey- ho, that will have to wait for my return.
I went back to my sad, sorry hovel, that even a burglar would take pity on me, to contemplate what to have for dinner.
Another Lifetime to go 