roof completed,tank in place

We return to the block after the week and the rain has washed over the back embankment and washed away quite a lot of soil under the roof. After some despair we pick ourselves up and carry on. We finish the last sheets on the roof and prepare the gutter but they did not supply any brackets so we could not finish it off. The tank has been delivered and we put it in place.

We have roof - well nearly

The morning weather is fine and we make a start first the insulation foil and then sheets, now these things are 9m long so are bloody hard work to get on the roof. But after a long day we have 5 of the 12 sheets on and finished. Wow a roof just in time for an afternoon thunder storm and showers. Sunday we are up early and into it more insulation and sheets and we get 10 of the 12 completed, with an insulation shortage stopping us form completing the roof. It is flahs and after 6 months our weary Tarp comes down and we have undercover living and workshop area.  

It turns out just in time to as a rain depression hits early in the week and dumps 700mm+ in 3days so we spent 4 weeks hoping our new plants didn’t die in the heat now they are probably washed away.

Workshop roof in progress

With no serious job prospects coming to fruition yet I’m back down the block in an effort to complete the workshop roof. It is a lot of work fabricating all the supports and brackets as well as welding all the cleats to the roof beams. I tackle some other little jobs around the place as there is no end to the work  to do.

Tina helps me lift beams 1-3 on the roof and after I realise they are around the wrong way. We swap them around and all is good. Tina heads back to Cairns for another week of week. My aim this week is to have all 4 beams  fully welded in place with purlins fitted so when Tina gets back next weekend we can fit the roof sheets. There is the odd dram during the week but mostly the heat creates problems with 35 + each day working on top of metal shipping containers. This really takes it out of me each day but come Friday afternoon the roof is ready for sheeting.