7mm Pencarrow - Cornish BR(S)

[Peter Cross]

Likewise also interested in these details. My father-in-law was a plumber (trained under Tom Finney - for those that have knowledge of football history and Preston North End). In addition to the plumbing he specialised in leadwork for roofing and was part of the maintenance team for the Preston Royal Infirmary. When he retired I managed to grab many of his leadworking tools which included his book "The Plumbers Handbook" published in 1960. Which has several interesting pages on gutters and ridge / hip rolls.

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However I thought this @1960 was too "modern image" for this thread.

Those pictures bring back memories of many hours spent in valleys, and gutters (no wonder my knees and ankles are .......). The nicest thing it was normally on the sunny faces. The lead always seemed to last better on the north side. Only ever did one lead ridge, but plenty of roll on dormers and church rooves.

 

[Overseer]

Eventually found the photocopy of 'Notes on Slating and Tiling' by Langley London Limited, 1948, hiding in the Lead Sheet Manual. Still the best little 50 page brochure on roofing I have seen. My copy came from Ralph Mills who was an exceptionally good structural engineer specialising in historic buildings. This diagram shows the widths of slates suitable for various slopes, most slates are twice as long as they are wide.

 

[AJC]

That's excellent (and very useful), thank you, Fraser!

Adam

 

[Pencarrow]

At last an evening which is cool enough to use solvent. Even the very slow Limonene was evaporating in double quick time previous days.

I've blown up some photos of the roof and, whilst not clear enough to make out individual slates, they are good enough to get a feel for the rustic nature of the roof.



The roof is covered with notes to self and workings out (quite a few times over now). Been an interesting exercise adding an loosing rows at each end.

 

[john lewsey]

Excellent

 

[Pencarrow]

Very little progress over the last 2 weeks. This either is due to it either being too warm, or I've been out in the garden or simply couldn't be ar5ed.

Anyway did a bit more this morning, as well as some further work touching up and degrading the existing tiled sections.

 

[GrahameH]

This either is due to it either being too warm, or I've been out in the garden or simply couldn't be ar5ed.

Just get on with it and stop whinging !

 

[Pencarrow]

Just get on with it and stop whinging !

You can't rush a good job (ref this and my LSWR O2) or indeed a bad one (1368)...

 

[NHY 581]

Are we there yet?

 

[GrahameH]

a bad one (1368)...

Hmmmm....

 

[Pencarrow]

Are we there yet?

Nooo. But I have done a tricky bit this evening...

 

[NHY 581]

Wow.

 

[Stubby47]

You've missed a bit.

 

[Pencarrow]

You've missed a bit.

Where?

 

[Pencarrow]

Wow.

Thank ewe.

Woke up early this morning so did a bit more.



The cooler mornings are better suited to doing this - the solvent stays on the roof much longer. You therefore spend more time placing tiles and less placing solvent.

Quite therapeutic, but you have to be in the right mood.

 

[Pencarrow]

Sitrep:





Different shade backgrounds to see which works best. Will be easier to photo when in primer...

 

[Phil O]

Chris, it's good to see some steady progress. There are some pretty convolute rows of slates, which add to the charachter of the building.

 

[Pencarrow]

Chris, it's good to see some steady progress. There are some pretty convolute rows of slates, which add to the charachter of the building.

Thanks Phil. Character is definitely something that this building is not short of!

 

[Pencarrow]

So then, whose great idea was it to cut a hole in the roof?

 

[Peter Cross]

It'll let the rain in!