Beginning of a Renovation of a traditional Highland Home in Kilchoan , Ardnamurchan . Architect- Bailie Bailie Architects www.baillie-ba... #theislandbuilder
Cheers , it’s been great to work on so far , renovation of these old stone buildings is always a challenge but it’s got some cool details coming up ….stay tuned 😆
(Kiwi born and bred here, so my personal preference is ALWAYS Corrugated Galvanised Iron or the newer "Colorbond" prepainted long run metal roofing sheets). OK so those rotten Sarking boards you're replacing, I realise that they've lasted 100 years or more so far, but in order that your replacement Sarking boards last even longer, are you using either a chemically treated timber (we have many grades here in NZ) or are you using a naturally rot, weather and insect resistant timber ? Here in NZ we use "Douglas Fir" (I think the latin name maybe "Pseudotsuga menziesii"). It's native to coastal and inland Oregon and surrounds USA but wildly grown in colder parts of NZ, where the timber is known as "Oregon". (Grows not quite as fast as "Pinus radiata" when used in Forestry). But is still gonna be much faster growing than British Oak for example. Oregon Naturally resists weathering and insects.
@@KiwiCatherineJemma Hi there , yeah the profiled metal sheets are very popular here aesthetically as well as functionally especially in our wet climate it’s a quick way of getting your roof waterproof !! generally the sarking boards we use are a pressure treated white wood timber .on occasion you might use a nicer lining board like Douglas fir at the bottom of roofs where you have open eaves for example . There are attempts to move away from treated timber I believe by using thermo-treated timber but I don’t know much about it to be honest .
Hey , yeah every roof up here is required to have sarkin or sheeted with ply /OSB , I imagine it’s to do with wind bracing given how exposed we are here .
