On 17/11/2014 17:24, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Roger Mills
wrote:

On 17/11/2014 12:55, Tim Streater wrote:


I'm trying to picture it, sold it more than 20 years ago. Allegedly it
had been built in the 20s by a property developer for his mistress.
English cottage look to it.

Lathe and plaster everywhere with knob/tube wiring in the walls.

No, the living room had a wall with a gable at the far end, with a loft
behind at the top and bedrooms behind, underneath. Then at the other
end there was a gable built over a set of doors that led to the
entrance hall. I don't think there were any A-frame beams.

Can you remember what the roof was made of? Might it have been covered
with felt tiles - or somesuch - which would have been a lot lighter
than slates or concrete tiles?

One slope gave into the loft, the other to the outside. The vaulted
ceiling was T&G much like a floor. I think there was tar paper or
similar, and then there were redwood shakes [1] above that. If I'd
lived there much longer I'd have had the roof redone, it's typically
good for 25 years IIRC.

Course that meant no insulation possible for a good chunk of the roof.

[1] Tiles, essentially. But made of redwood.


Yes, I think they were generally called shingles. Would have been much
lighter than 'conventional' tiles, as I suspected.
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Cheers,
Roger
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