Keeping the Wood Dry

We'd been aware for a while that the woodshed roof wasn't really doing its job any more - the old asbestos concrete corrugate had become quite porous and was flaking away in a number of areas - and we'd already had to empty out a couple of bays of wood to dry them off after major leakage.

So time for a new roof . . .

First job - get rid of the 'old' one!

The builders had to take off the old corrugate (carefully!), then dispose of it - which because of the asbestos content doesn't come cheap.  At least they removed the rather extensive moss deposits before taking it down to the tip - otherwise we'd have been paying asbestos rates on the weight of moss!

Then of course, there was a brief 'no roof' stage . . . .


Followed by the 'new' roof - green metal box sections, with similar 'barge-boards' sealing off the sides:





So now we're watertight again - and ready for the winter weather!




Update - 14 December - minor issue with the 'barge-boards' in some extremely windy winter weather - luckily we noticed that the wind had lifted off one side, before it got blown off entirely, and the wind got underneath the main roof.

Fair play, the builders were straight out to batten down the hatches, and within a couple of days it was all securely back in place (this time screwed firmly into the wall).