The "tiles" are at least not the original, which were basically roofing felt..and the jackdaws attack those, as we see on next door's roof. However they deceive the eye...they are metal sheet wrapped in a thin skin with grit on it. When we can, we'll have to insulate the roof space. What is there is a couple of inches thick and in bad condition. There should be ten inches.
The jackdaws and starlings are being evicted as well....
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Snap! I,m having some problems with my roof timbers also ...plus i have Jackdaws1
Gosh, that looks cold---not too far from living in a tent. :)
Glad you'll be wrapped up this winter!
What a lot of work!
think you are well overdue for some insulation! and if you do it in the autumn/winter hopefully no birdlife will be copromised. Just think how much cheaper your heating bills could be!
Good looking spaces that need to be filled with warmth holding insulation! A home that old needs to be attended to.
Something we did when we first moved into our house was to help reduce the loss of heat from the radiators into the walls. We opened out large card boxes and cut them to fit behind the radiators, then wrapped them in silver foil (fairly heavy quality), taping in down with sellotape. They were then slotted down behind the radiator and we felt the rooms warm instantly. We still have them now (14 years later) cheap and cheerful and brilliantly simple :)
What an amazing nest the House Martin makes! It looks like a very adventurous coil pot. If it had sufficient clay content you could probably fire it in the kiln!! I'm rather overwhelmed by our ageing building's repair needs and occasionally dream of living in a bland, beige, well insulated polystyrene box! However, at least the old thing has character and the excellent ventilation, through floors, doors, windows, and the like, may be good for the immune system!
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