My home renovation - Plastbau roofing

The Plastbau panels are now laid ready for the 

metal cages that will fit into the grooves and all 

around the perimeter. 

I'm amazed that we can walk on these polystyrene 

panels without them snapping under foot.

Tomorrow is a holiday so I guess the metal cages

will be laid on thursday. Day by day we're getting

there. 

Where there's tea there's hope

Love the sentiment!

A bit of rough and rustic

My home renovation - roof demolished

This evening I photographed the space 

where the roof has now been totally 

demolished and the walls are prepared 

to receive the new lightweight roof in

Plastbau.

Here's an example of Plastbau before the cement is 

poured over the polystyrene and metal rod structure:

Fucking Angry!

It makes me so angry to think of the things I

have to forgo in my new home because a

civil engineer said I needed to demolish my

roof terrace, when in actual fact the roof

would have stayed good for a couple more

centuries at least.

With this extra and totally unnecessary expense 

I will not be able to have the jacuzzi I was

planning on, and I'll have to cut costs on the 

finishings I wanted.

Never consult a civil engineer! 

My home renovation - Never trust a Civil Engineer

demolishing the very solid roof terrace

These rods, that were installed to strengthen 

my roof terrace, look pretty healthy to me. 

Some have the thinest coating of rust after 

more than 50 years buried in concrete.

They are 14mm thick and my builders are

having a hell of a time trying to demolish

the roof terrace. Whilst my neighbours have

to suffer the noise and vibrations.

So it appears I'm paying a fortune and have a 

month added to my schedule to rip out a 

roof that was perfectly good and sturdy.

All thanks to a civil engineer who deemed the

roof unsafe. I doubt a bomb would have 

destroyed it.

I will never in my life consult one of those 

nurds again, and never would I recommend 

anyone to consult a civil engineer.

I now suspect they work on commission from 

the roofing companies. 

My home renovation - the roof terrace

Gianfranco working on the roof terrace

material for the new roof

the roof with the Leccese flagstones removed

The Lecceses flagstone...still so clean and new 

looking on the underside

Livio with his wheelbarrow, shifting all the roof

fill

The Leccese flgstones piled up for reuse once the

structure of the new roof terrace is poured and dried

Wild flowers at Torre Uluzzo - Nardò - Puglia

Today as I picked my way along the overgrown

footpath that winds around the coast at 

Torre Uluzzo - Nardò

I was careful not to tread on any of these 

beautiful small wild flowers