WEEK 3 and 4 OF AUGUST

Last week was about getting the roof on the first section of the enclosed veranda area.  It was good to be closed in after 3 days of rain the previous week with no roof!  

 Here Mmalae is enjoying the feeling of wide open space as the last portion of the roof of the enclosed veranda was removed.  Both windows in this room needed replacing.  The one also needed bricking above to adjust the profile of the roof.  No problem for the fearless duo of M and M.

 In this pic (sorry about the glare, sun was in the wrong place), you can see the whole enclosed veranda's new roof.  Mark also got some of the flashing done.  

Taken from the side of the house, just before the last 2 roof sheets got put on.  You can see nicely the new profiled area.  One of the last pics I'll get of Mark on the roof.  Our one neighbor recently said to him, that he must love his roof, cos he spends a lot of time on it :)

WEEK 2 AUGUST

This was a bit of a different week.  Intense storms over 2 almost 3 of the days at the start of the week (including hail, buckets of rain and high winds, not to mention freezing cold), a public holiday...  Mark let Mmalae stay home this week.  They both needed a rest after pushing so hard for so long.
In the meantime, Mark has worked on bits a pieces... finished connecting water in the kitchen, built the sink area and we are no longer washing outside with cold water.  He's also hung some pictures and hung the kids bookshelves after they each gave theirs a new coat of paint.
Mark also had to get rid of tons of water in the area they are busy roofing.  Ja, we had no roof on that section of the house thru the storm.  But, all is well.  Thankfully he didn't have to drill holes in the walls to let the water out.  He managed with buckets.

WEEK ONE OF AUGUST

This is how the enclosed veranda section looked at the end of monday.  The part closest to you where Mmalae is sleeping.  So we'll need to finish the other section, move him and then complete the front section.

This is how it looked by friday afternoon.  Windows and new roofing sheets are ordered.  We hadn't expected this roof area to be so rotted but it is, as are the window frames.  We decided to brick up the windows on this side of the house to increase security.  We don't think light in the rooms will be decreased due to the way the house is facing.  It will also mean, we don't just look straight at the buildings behind us.  Just up at the beautiful sky:)

WEEK 4 OF JULY

This week saw the the main part of the roof done.  The raised part you can see is actually clear roofing so that natural light can get into the roof space (Mark hopes to make his study up there).  They also finished the ceilings and cornices to our and Kara's room.

Which means..... ja, we moved into our rooms this weekend.  We actually also moved everything off the enclosed veranda section in preparation for the work to start there next week.  You can see from this picture , that we're still washing dishes our our outside 'camping' sink area.