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The water indicates a depression of 4cm in the centre of the roof.
Looking north-east.
Monday 9:34

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2009 January 24,25 & 26 , Saturday to Monday

Terrible winds this weekend as the hurricane Klaus blew its way through Spain. We have never experienced such strong winds on the terrain before but the garden house passed the test without faltering. Only the PE sheets  covering the spare straw bales got completely wild. I decided to take them away from the garden wall, which also had stood firm in the storm.

Despite the wind and rain I was able to screw wooden strips on the roof border to fix the EPDM sheet. They slightly stick out from the roof in order not to allow rain seeping under the sheet. For the moment I let the superfluous parts of the sheet hang from the roof to give the straw bale walls extra protection from rain.

Roof border with 32x13mm wooden strips.
At the back the garden wall, still intact after the storm.
Monday 9:36

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Another important roof item is the chimney for the wood stove. We have chosen the smallest stove available on the market because we suppose the space is so limited and the isolation so thorough that just one log will suffice to heat the room for an evening. At the same time we don't want to heat the chimney too much to minimize the fire risk. Our cast iron stove also offers a nice cooking facility.

The chimney tube (10cm diameter) will have to pass through the roof filled with straw and it is important to avoid direct contact between the materials. So I fixed a 25 cm long aluminium tube (15 cm diameter) in the hole and used an old woollen jersey to separate the two tubes.
On the roof I fixed two rings made of OSB to form a kind of bulge below the EPDM sheet and make inflow of rainwater more difficult.

(P.S. 17 Feb 1009: After consulting some more experienced people it seems that the passing of the chimney through the roof will have to be safer and robuster.)

Detail of the chimney construction on the roof.
Sunday 13:05

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A job that couldn't be postponed any longer was the removal of a spot of humidity in the north facing straw bale wall. The barley had started to germinate there and the wet straw had to be eliminated before it really started to putrefy. Putrefaction generates its own heat and water and can grow like a disease into the wall.
The 'operation'  with a saw went about 20 cm deep before I encountered dry straw again. The hole will be left open for the moment to facilitate a more thorough drying.

The wet spot with green Barley coming through.
Before the operation.
Monday 9:52

After the operation, showing the entrails of the bale system with (accidentally cut) bale string and nails
Monday 10:36 .

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