In our absence, Mmalae continued working on the house. He removed ceilings in the passage, second bathroom and 2 bedrooms. He also removed what wood he could and built 4 trusses for the next section of the roof. Hard to take pictures of these but... he also gutted the second bathroom (removed tiles, shower and part of wall connecting the bathroom with the laundry area.
This is the before shot....
This is the after shot...
laundry area is behind the photographer. The basin will go where the shower used to be. The funny lighting is cos the sunlight is shining in and the interesting decor is the electric pipes hanging down waiting for their new home.
We got home on wednesday night, and Mark and Mmalae took the next section of roof off, redid the timber work and replaced it again in just 2 days. Miracle workers.
Mark took this pic for those interested in the state of the old roof timber... Taken from the old section toward the new section. If you look closely you can see how motheaten the old timber is. This was a surprise to Mark, who had expected this part of the roof to be better. It is in fact, just as bad as the first part they did. He says that the slightest bump causes the timber to crumble. He says the roof sheets themselves seem to be the only part of the structure keeping the roof up! You can also see nicely in this picture, the new design of the roof trusses which make it possible to make a room in the roof space.
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