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Thanks man! I am really too :) especially when I look back and think of how much work it's all been. Yeah it's interesting. You never really see asphalt or metal shingles here. Asphalt flat rooves or single sheet shed rooves, but not shingles. Bit of an update too :) after what was pretty much...

Getting mightily close to finishing this roof. Having to time it around windows in the weather though, which have been few and far between, so I've been sorting out the upstairs storage area. Latest job has been a set of shelves at the back for lighter stuff.

All the way there with you on that :LOL:

Haha I got as far as picking up a rusted-out MGB on eBay for 99p, getting a gearbox and transfer case, and working out that I'll probably need a front diff from a Skyline (preferably a V-Spec) as it's on the correct side of the engine and the right ratio to match a Jag rear end. But other...

Next few step forwards. Finally got round to cladding the back face, which involved various degrees if clambering through hedges (hence why I've been putting it off :D) I've actually clad the whole back face, but the last photo I got was of the vents at the top: One of those vents the loft...

Indeed! Though mine are of the RWD variety (even the R380, which was a lucky find...). I do have a transfer case from a Disco knocking around in the parts pile, but no real plans for it! I bought it with the idea of cramming an AWD drivetrain into an MGB, but that's a looong way down the...

Thanks! I've got a hook on the way so I should be able to test it fairly shortly, though the upstairs isn't completely dry without the tiles so I won't be putting anything up there just yet.

Well, it's warmer now, but considering that's because there's a named storm going on it's swapped cold for wet again. So, more work inside. Eaves space all boarded up from the inside (though some are only held in with a couple of screws as I'll have to take them back out to do the lean-to...

Thanks! Yeah I definitely am :) especially as it's taking a bit more shape. Well, having been too rainy to mortar tiles it's now transitioned to being too cold to mortar tiles, so I've been spending my time doing more finishing bits and pieces inside. I shouldn't complain though as by all...

I've begrudgingly accepted this after having grumbled at the time it's taking compared to steel roofing sheets :LOL: It does 100% look better though...

Nearly there with the ridge tiles. Only 2 left to go, plus a little section on the end after I've done the hip tiles. Also managed to rope the fam into helping lug some more tiles up inbetween Christmas meals, so now up to 88% of the tiles up there. Not that many to go now!

Yeah they do take a ton of the stuff! Makes you think just how much weight is in a tiled roof, especially with each plain tile being 1.25kg and each garage taking 8000 of the things. It might not look like it on the last one, but I've been leaving a little nub sticking out for the next batch of...

I'm not counting my chickens just yet :D

Tiny little break in the weather so managed to cram as much cementing into 3 evenings as I could! Both sides of the gable and 7 ridges done. Little under halfway I think. Don't look to closely at it, it was mostly done in the dark :D

Thanks! Christmas tends to be a multi-day affair at my folks' place so no luck there, though we're hosting my other half's family in the couple of days after so I'll try and cluster a couple of two-man jobs that I can rope some helpers into around then ;) I'm thinking tile shuttling up to the...

Little update. Back's probably feeling better enough to do some tiling at a careful pace, but the weather hasn't been co-operating. Next job on the tiles is to grout in the ones at the back and start on the ridge, but there hasn't been a 12hr period without rain for 2 weeks! Let alone the 48...

True to form in the UK, it's an odd mishmash of imperial, metric and cost-cutting. We still buy our timber in '4x2' or '6x2', but they've been snuck down in dimensions so the pressure treated stuff is actually 44mm x 95mm for a '4x2' (if not even worse at 38x89, which you have to be a bit...

Right! So I had planned last week to cement in the edge tiles and start on the ridge, but I managed to tweak a muscle in my back hoiking this ****** thing along the roof: Hardly a major exertion, but it was the same muscle that let go a year or so ago so that's clearly a bit of a weakness...

I'll see if I can sneak one! They're well ahead now. Tiling done a while ago, all boarded up inside, and I spotted they'd got internal lights fitted as well. I kept up alright for a while I think, considering it's just me in my spare time compared to 2-3 full time builders!

2400 tiles up, 2/3rds of the way! Alas, now that we're thoroughly into autumn the ash tree overhead has started shedding its leaves, so a fair amount of the time was spent picking them out from between the rafters... Still, only so many leave on the tree :D