1938 Squadron Leader's Quarters.

Another three weeks or so of slow progress owing to weather, preparations for the next stage of the house project, things going pear shaped, and general life.

The shiplap cladding going on, starting with the areas at the front where the fences will attach to the garage walls:




another hedgehog has taken up residence in the garden:



possibly attracted by the free food and water provided each evening,



while a storm gave us more firewood, which we don't need for at least a year,




Andi lopped off all the unuseable twigs etc; nine one tonne bags full, for us to take to the tip, and I cut the larger pieces into manageable lengths for logging later.

I have made a gentle slope between the base and kerbstones,




My regular Tuesday visit to the local deadstock auction produced



to remind me about why I am doing this, as well as yet more



400' of 2" x 1" tanalised roof batten on this occasion; £80 which seemed reasonable.

An expedition into the dodgy world of Gumtree and eBay produced



nicely refurbished by an interesting local chap who warned me not to leave the Jeep unattended, in case his son stole its V8 to slot into his Land Rover.

Less local, was this lovely "marble" fireplace:



loaded into the Jeep by myself and a chippy working at the seller's house.

En route to collection, a once in a vehicle's lifetime opportunity arose,



On arriving home, assembly and closer inspection revealed that the advertised Italian marble was not entirely true:



Three of its five component parts are indeed marble, the rest appears to be some type of resin, albeit a very good visual, touch, and weight facsimile of the real thing.
after some "discussion" the seller has agreed to refund, and collect. I probably should have examined the reverse side, as well as the face for cracks and chips, but had no reason to doubt the description.
Another lesson learned.

As I continued with the garage framework, I have built in windows; double glazed Georgian ones no less, salvaged from son #4's house




accumulated most of the roofing materials and commenced assembly:




while Andi has creosoted the remaining fences where they join the garage walls.

Make sure those roof panels are extremely well supported - they sag like a child born out of wedlock when warm/on for a while.
I would suggest a good layer of insulation under them first as well.

when you say receded, do you mean that the overlaps have disappeared because of the sagging between inadequate supports? Any other comments based on your experience welcomed.

I'd agree as well
I used it for my shed, which already had a 12mm plywood roof with 2 layers of old felt. I laid it directly onto the roof and screwed it down, been fine for 3 or 4 years. If the roof had just been battens I would have sheeted it first, it's not rigid nor strong enough to be unsupported (In My Opinion)