Dormer Plan

With reference to the question posed yesterday, as to what the builder's plan is for the triangle above the dormer window mullion, I had a chat with him about it this morning. The problem is that the building regulations insist that this part of the building, like any other has a double skin with an insulated cavity. Doing the outer skin in stone pushes the cavity off of the back of the mullion and makes the internal structure much more difficult. In fact it will also be rather ugly as a false ceiling would be needed, coming 6 inches out from the top of the window.

The plan is not, in fact to use render, but to tile hang this area, and to lead line the cheeks at the sides. We have agreed to this. As you can see from the photo below, the plywood is set back from the top of the mullion slightly, to allow for the battening. The ridge tiles are now also in place.

The rear mullion combination, in the conservatory is also now complete :

This looks really nice and we are glad we went for the extra expense of doing this. However, it does cause a slight problem with rejoining the conservatory to the wall, as the window is much taller than the old one (especially once the label is in position). This join also needs to be load bearing as currently the conservatory roof is supported by the two wooden props you can see in the picture.

The scaffolders have been back and removed the upper deck, which now provides much better access to the roof. It also makes everything more visible for us :