This & That
Firstly a photo of the dormer window now that it has it's lead cheeks :
Today the weather started off nice, so the tile hanging at the end wall, where the new extension steps down to the existing roof was done. To ensure the wind can't get underneath and lift the tiles off the battens, every tile is screwed down. Not so tight that it can't move, but not loose so it can flap about.
Also, the cill of the last remaining dormer was installed.
The forecast for tomorrow is not particularly good, so this may not advance until later in the week. What you see in this picture is the last remaining area of stonework on the whole build. Hooray !By the way, if you wish to vote on the spelling of "cill" or "sill" please do so via the comments. I have always used 'c', Jan has used 's'. Her ancient dictionary confirms 's' but my modern Collins acknowledges 'c' as a variant. The blogspot spell checker rejected 'c' so at least it is not an Americanism !
posted by shadaswell @ 9:13 pm
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2 Comments:
Wow - back with a vengeance! looking good more than ever. Ref: "sill" or "cill" this dinosaur agrees "s" is old speak but "c" is commonly used in more modern use - whatever that proves if anything. If it gives any guidance or thought provocation - then in "canal speak" the 'c' spelling for lock cills is in very common use but that does not make it right does it? Enough rambling.
J & B (Essex)
According to the Shorter Oxford English Disctionary, Vol. 2, the word "sill" derives from old English 'syll' or 'sylle', similarly middle Dutch 'sille', old Norse 'syll' or 'svill'.
Vol. 1 of the OED lists "cill" but only as a pointer to "sill".
Chris
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