Today we will add the roof beams and the tiles.
Pips and Anna painted the roof beams with anti termites chemicals. The wood was made from coconut tree trunks.
We added more scaffolding to install the roof beams.
This part is done mostly by the Sri Lankan contract builders. We formed a line and gave them the tiles. They placed them on the roof beams. No nails were needed.
The roof is taking shape.
I have also hung a red cloth on the top most roof beam for good luck for the people living in house #5.
No nails were required to install the tiles. A demonstration model was constructed on site to show exactly how the tiles were put in place on the cross beams.
Contractors laid the tiles because we were told not to climb up on the roof beams. So, we built the walkway outside, raked and levelled the compound around the house and dismantled all the scaffolding not in use.
Tiles laid. This house is now completed. The doors and windows are installed by local professioal carpenters.
An inside view of the roof.
Concrete walkway to the outside toilet was completed with decorations of fern leaves and puaua shells. We used the pebbles from the sieving.
We added a small garden for the house owner to plant veges when she moves in next week. The rocks were actually meant for construction of the play ground and community centre, next month. This follow up work will be done by Tony and the Sri Lankan Habitat people. Kiwis move on to our next build, probably Fiji, Vietnam, or Cambodia. Care to join us, next year?
This part is done mostly by the Sri Lankan contract builders. We formed a line and gave them the tiles. They placed them on the roof beams. No nails were needed.
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