The abundant rainfall has stopped and the
temperature has dropped. It was about 5ºC in the early morning this
weekend.
During Sunday morning the fog disappeared and, with no wind, the sun
created marvellous weather.
The mist is fortunately limited to the surrounding lower areas.
Sunday 9:54
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Work
continued on the roof structure. The roof beams will have to rest on
the ring beam, with supporting braces that give the roof an angle of
5º. This angle of 5º (=9%) is ideal for a vegetation roof offering
sufficient drainage without much risk of soil run-off.
The space above the ring beam and between the beams will be filled
with straw flakes.
Two roof beams on the right, ring beam with
black EPDM sheet, white cordstrap.
Looking north-east.
Sunday 13:46
Braces on the south facing ring beam. They
elevate the roof 38 cm to give it a slope of 5º.
Abundant use of glue and nails.
Sunday 11:52
South-west corner, looking
north.
Notice the 1.8 cm space on the ring beam on the left that will allow
for supporting OSB board.
Saturday 15:02
OSB board in position.
Looking north.
Sunday 14:22
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The braces are joined and covered by OSB board. This will not only
offer the supporting layer for the earth plaster but also
strengthens and fixes the braces.
The roof beams sticks here 65 cm
out from the wall. That should perhaps have been longer but we
couldn't get beams longer than 5,7 m.
Looking north-east.
Sunday 14:21
A Blue tit on the feeder with almonds on top and
peanuts below.
Looking north.
Sunday 9:45
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We
activated the bird-feeders again, as we did
last year. They are
really popular with the birds, although the species interested are
limited to the Blue tit (Cyanistescaeruleus) and the
Great tit (Parusmelanolophus). They are especially fond of peanuts and (home-grown) almonds with a
slight preference for the latter. We offer sunflower seed in another
bird-feeder where they can actually take out the whole seed and
carry it away (which offers of course less of a show for us).
