Day 108 and 109 - Going Topless

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. The BarnBoys removed the 80 year old corrugated roof. By lunch time, Matt and Tim had finished, leaving the barn exposed and shivering, in anticipation of a dodgy forecast. Ugh. I have yet to find a forecast I like! 

Eek. Rain on the way. Does the roof really have to come off now?!
 

 NORTH

 EAST

 

SOUTH

WEST

Doris gobbling yet more earth from North Elev before roof was removed

Shepherd Howard adding to my Everest of earth extracted from the North Elev

Earth floor in Bathroom 2, Bedroom 2, Studio and Utility looking level again....sort of

 Meanwhile, down in the South, Captain Seth and his team of Chippies were adding a second row of beams to which the oak framed, glass sliding doors will be fitted.

Soffit detail - to be covered

With at least 7 chaps on site, BarnGirl needed to bake an extra batch of cakes. Rumour has it someone ate Matt and Tim's supply. Hmm.

If anyone sees a forecast for dry weather in the South East, please let me know!

Love
BarnGirl
xx

If you're interested.......

Soffit (from French: soffite, formed as a ceiling; directly from suffictus for suffixus, Latin: suffigere, to fix underneath), in architecture, describes the underside of any construction element. Examples of soffits include:

• the underside of an arch or architrave (whether supported by piers or columns),
• the underside of a flight of stairs, under the classical entablature,
• the underside of a projecting cornice, or side of chimney
• the underside of a ceiling to fill the space above the kitchen cabinets, at the corner of the ceiling and wall,
• the exposed undersurface of any exterior overhanging section of a roof eave.
• the wall into which loudspeakers are mounted in a recording studio. 
• a drop-down box used to mount a kitchen ventilation hood under a sloped or high ceiling.[1]

In popular use, soffit most often refers to the material forming a ceiling from the top of an exterior house wall to the outer edge of the roof, i.e., bridging the gap between a home's siding and the roofline, otherwise known as the eaves. When so constructed, the soffit material is typically screwed or nailed to rafters known as lookout rafters or lookouts for short.
Soffit exposure profile (from wall to fascia) on a building's exterior can vary from a few centimetres (2-3 inches) to 3 feet or more, depending on construction. It can be non-ventilated or ventilated for cooling non livable attic space.