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Saturday 11 October 2014

Sunroom no more

We have wonderful friends!  Sophie and Patrick are staying for the weekend and working for their bed and board :)  Today's task was to dismantle the "sunroom" on the back of the house.  It's basically a greenhouse, single glazed panes of glass from floor to ceiling, with a plastic roof.  It's freezing cold in winter and boiling hot in summer, overgrown with passionflower and overrun with spiders.

Here's a photo that shows the sunroom from when we viewed the house in August 2013:


And here's the photos of our hard work today:

Scoping out the situation before clearing the contents:


Cutting back the passionflower:



Taking the doors off took the longest:







Look no glass!


Removing the panes of glass one at a time - they weren't held in by much!  Each side was between 2-4 panes of glass and some sort of board at the bottom.


Tackling the roof was a little more complex:




Aaaand it's down!




Ripping up the edging metal strips, which were screwed into the brick:


Some of the mess:


Last piece, fixed to the wall with a bazillion screws:


View from inside - sunlight!


Hammering down the metal flashing.  We'll probably take this out and patch the mortar in due course:


More mess:


Done!  5 hours later.  Team photo :D


We were so lucky with the weather - a crisp October day, the sun was so hot!


View from the master bedroom:


There are vague plans for a big garden overhaul at some point, so until then this will probably stay as a slightly raised concrete patio...

Thank you Sophie and Patrick you are wonderful friends!!! xxxx


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