Construction - roof work

By the middle of February the central ridge beam running the width of the house was in and the rafters positioned.

The next picture shows the rafters in position ready to take the cladding and insulation before being tiled. Our builder chose antiqued tiles to give it an 'aged' look.

Construction - structure

Work recommenced after the land had been stabilised and pretty quickly the perimeter walls and pillars to support the roof went up. We are using a relatively new construction method originating from Germany which entails the use of 'lego' like hollow polystyrene blocks with the resultant cavity reinforced vertically and horizontally with galvanised bars and then filled with concrete to create a single skin wall with insulation inside and out. http://www.argisol.net/en/index2.htm

The photo below shows how much the works had progressed in such a short period.