Another WFO in the UK - 42" Pompeii

[brad mole]

Hi Brad, it’s been a few years but I was wondering how your pergola roof turned out? Did you get it all finished in the unexpectedly long lockdowns?

Sorry for such a delayed response, its been a while! Yes i got the roof finished in the end, it looks great, i thought i had updated the thread but i must have forgotten, il get some pics uploaded if i think on

[GeordieM]

Hi Brad, it’s been a few years but I was wondering how your pergola roof turned out? Did you get it all finished in the unexpectedly long lockdowns?

[Alomran]

Nice work, great efforts. I wish I had built my dome smaller!

[UtahBeehiver]

Nicely done timber frame and slate roof.

[brad mole]

My roofing buddy came to make a start on the tiles, we also had the oven fired up while he was at it

[brad mole]

We planted some climbing plants at the front legs of the structure and put down some slate chippings around the oven. I also picked up some reclaimed ridge tiles

[brad mole]

Lats all in place and another test to check the tile spacing is correct

[brad mole]

Timbers all in, then i started figuring out the tile spacing so that the roofing lat can be screwed in place. This was reasonably easy to work out as the tiles are reclaimed so i could see the old overlap marks to follow

[brad mole]

They fit perfectly

[brad mole]

Started on the roof timber cuts

[brad mole]

Very impressive work..I feel like I'm watching that show barnwood builders lol...What your doing there is true craftsmanship and amazing.

Ricky

Thanks, ive been really enjoying it, i know there was no need for me to go so over the top but then i thought to myself when am i going to get a chance to build something like this again in my life...so why not do it now over lockdown

[Chach]

Very impressive work..I feel like I'm watching that show barnwood builders lol...What your doing there is true craftsmanship and amazing.

Ricky

[brad mole]

A finished shot of it ready for the roof, bought some roofing timbers and coated them before they went up, also picked up some reclaimed slates for the roof!

[brad mole]

Scraped the glue off when it was set and moved onto making trims to cover the floor braces

[brad mole]

It fit lovely! I didnt check it for square until it was all pegged in, but once all pegs were tapped home, it was absolutely square in all directions!