grumpyf1

I'm on holiday! Hurrah! Unfortunately, there are more than enough things to do, living in a 100 year old house. I was supposed to be painting the windows this week, but so far the weather has made that a tad tricky. Removing a sash window does have the unfortunate effect of letting the outside in. Having noticed yet another mark on the ceiling in the spare bedroom, I've spent a large part of yesterday and today crawling around in the dark hell that is our loft. The roof is, I think, original, hence it's slabs of slate, nailed to strips of wood, then cemented to the wood on the inside. At least, that's how it was a century ago. Most of the cement is now on top of the ceiling to the rooms upstairs, slates have moved and Cumbrian weather gets in. Have I mentioned it rains a bit here...? I'm pretty sue you shouldn't be able to see a thousand points of light inside you roof space. Anyway, the current leak was quite close to the outside of the building, meaning ...