The first job for the team was to carefully remove all the lovely old handmade canal tiles which could be saved. They will be reused on the roof of our "remise" which will eventually cover the summer kitchen.
Then the substantial old poutres (beams) which have held the roof up for over 200 years were removed leaving the "gite" section of the house open to the sky.
It was a nail biting moment for our foreman, Gareth, when he hoisted the first of the new poutres up on the materials hoist we had hired.
We all stood well back as the 150 kilo beam was moved slowly up the lift.
Fortunately this went without a hitch and the first of the new wood was balanced on the roof of the stone house. Mouse (left) and Paul (right) lifted off the huge beam.
After constructing an internal platform which they could work off, the team repaired the tops of the walls and man-handled the new beams into position.
The picture below shows the top of the triple row of Genoese tiling on the front of the gite.
Harry has cleaned them off so that a layer of lime mortar can be put on top to form a bed for the wood wall plates which will support the roofing panels.
2 poutres and the wall plate on the back of the gite roof are now in position.
Let's hope it stays sunny as there's a lot more to do
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