Insulating the Roof and Felt and Battens

This has been one of the most challenging and arduous jobs I have ever done. Cutting in the 150mm insulation between the rafters of the roof, 12 metres long, one side 4 metres and the other 6 metres.
A vast amount of  measuring and sawing and there is a fair amount of waste.
After fitting we taped the joints and then screwed battens to each rafter- about 30 rafters so 60 battens.
It was a filthy job needing a face mask and glasses to avoid the eye watering dust. Even though we were very careful there was still a lot of offcuts- bags of them.
Sarah did a great job starting on the gable frame and valleys- 2 angles at one end and one at the other took quite a lot of concentrating and a few harsh words - even though the the insulation didn't answer back.
We used my fathers adjustable bevels to get the angles right  and his idea of measure twice and cut once resulted in only a few errors.
James helped with the felt and battening- the roof or walls weren't square. We set a datum on the short side which was quite good only 25mm out over that side, but the other long side was 4 inches out so we set the datum to the ridge line and we will trim the bottom row of slates so that it all looks ok.

Cutting the insulation- trying to get a snug fit with 200 mm rafters which twist isn't easy!

The yard side nearly complete- waiting to fit the tops to the right hand side.

                              Jen helping to cut the battens - we just have the can't strips to cut now.

Later in the afternoon

                                   We cut batches and numbered them on the side then fitted them

Sarah helping- writing down the sizes

Statring on the back of the roof

James preparing the yard side to felt and batten- we have used 162gm breather membrane and used a staple gun to hold it in place.

We used gauge sticks to space the battens

James rolling out the breather membrane

Stapling above the overlap

Sarah serving the battens down with 50mm x 5mm screws

Sarah on the back of the roof 

This was a really difficult job requiring 2 angles to fit snugly

Sarah straddling the ridge

Cutting table

A messy job

My fathers adjustable bevels were used to draw the angles

2 angles!

James able to stand were others can't 

The finished job waiting for felt and battening

James working out the datum for the long roof