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Last piece of the puzzle is now in place. I've retired

It was okay. The tapered edges required less but, there were many areas I had to feather out over the tapered edge due to very uneven beams. The untapered edges were much tougher. I feathered out a long way in some places. On one wall I'd nearly skimmed it all. But, that meant that I could sand...

Only used tapered boards - plasterboard Jack saved me here - and filled the gaps using 60min filler. Used around 20kg of it. Messy but a big industrial hoover attached to my sander was great. There are small imperfections that I can see when they catch the light but nothing really. Went straight...

Started the extension roof replacement back in July and got the outside done by the end of August. Been working on the inside since. Couldn't get a plasterer at all. No one taking any work. Decided to go with boards and filler. Apprehensive but the results have been way above my expectations...

Not roofing anymore

I've posted my project in the project room. I'm trying to decide how to finish my dry verge. I have 'caps' from the supplier which finish it flat and was going to do that until I wondered if there was a better way. I think I have 3 options. See pictures. Which would you choose and why? Or...

So...Long story short. Bought an 1836 property that we knew needed a new kitchen roof. The kitchen was added in the 80's and hasn't been roofed since. There was a mouse issue that created a couple of leaks and it had been this way for around 5 years. Several builders had patched/temp repaired...