Caulking in the Wild West End *

Well, not quite caulked yet, but as you can see the west gable is boarded (as is the east gable) and we are told that Ray has the tubes of foam at the ready.  You can also see that with the exception of the top gable, all the roof insulation is complete and about to be battened for felting.  The warm roof construction requires a ventilation layer over the insulation and below the slates, so it is battened vertically to provide a spacer, then horizontally to fit the roof cover.  Apparently there are 2km of battens on site!  Meanwhile at the site meeting today the revised build schedule was officially issued which shows a 3-week slippage - it's taken longer than anticipated to finish the roof due to a combination of unanticipated complexity, shortage of carpenters and several days washed out in the last couple of weeks.  However all is not lost as the original plan brought the build in 3 weeks ahead of the contract due date so if they stick to the revised plan, it's still due for completion in the last week of November.

*if you have to ask, you're clearly not a Dire Straits fan...