Off with the Old / On with the New

We'd identified 2014 as the year of major roofing works and that work started today.


Time to get rid of the old (starting to leak) concrete tiles on the lower and porch roof sections . . .




. . . and replace them with slate to match in with the main house roof. Unfortunately we couldn't quite run to Welsh slate - but the Iberian equivalent looks pretty good!

We even managed to sell on the old tiles for a few quid, saving the cost to dispose of them at the same time.


By the end of today, the concrete tiles were mostly gone, and the slate was going on:

It'll be a few days yet mind you - at least the weather forecast is good!