View from the Drive

 

This photo shows the view of the new building from the drive, as you approach the stud.

Sun Pipes

 

The photo shows the sun pipes, which bring the light into the centre of the building.

Lighting the New Building

 

I didn't want the building to be lit up too brightly. This picture shows how it is lit by discrete LED ropelights under the eaves.


The light is soft and subtle and only uses a few watts. It's also angled downwards so that there is no light pollution.

Inside we've used high-energy fluorescent lights that give thirty percent more light and a 20,000 hour life.

The Clock is now Set

 

The clock now shows the right time.

Almost Complete

 

The outside of the building is now almost complete. The roof is on and it is starting to look finished. Inside it's a bit different though.


The next two pictures show the building avoiding the skip and the electrician's Land-Rover.

Slating the Roof

 

This is obviously not the roof of the new building, but the roof of my office.


It was done by the same company, Knappett, and the same man. He was rather proud of the job he did nearly twenty years ago, when he roofed the office. He has every right to be so.

Note that the office roof has no guttering. The water flows into a moat that surrounds the office.


The slates were actually Spanish. I'm not sure why, but the roofers say that they are better and cheaper than any Welsh equivalent. I would have preferred Welsh.


This picture shows the lead being fixed to make sure that the roof is water-tight. Seeing the roofer cut and bend it, he would probably be using the same tools and methods that stretched back two or three thousand years at least.

Lead may be a metal that is slightly poisonous, but we've never really found anything better.


Here, the slates are all placed ready to be fixed by the clock.


This is a general view of the almost complete roof.


The roof is now complete.

The slate roof matches the house. Except that the house roof is nearly two hundred years old.