Barn roof...

[Steve Maskery]

You are not the only guys to have had a battering in the last few days.
On Thursday I had to deive Sheila to Limoges. I think it was the worst weather I've ever driven through. Horrible. The wind lasted 2 or three days.
Today I went into the main barn. When I looked up, this is what I found:

It's difficult to tell but I think it must be at least half a square metre. At least it's high up, if it had been lower there would be even more water ingress.
We have a good roofer in the next village. Getting him here to fix stuff, however,.....
S

 

[Mike G]

When he's up there, Steve, get him to check on the state of the timbers, particularly the rafters.

 

[AJB Temple]

You must be pretty much in truffle country if near Limoges.

Why is a storm taking tiles off. Did something hit the roof?

 

[marineboy]

You must be pretty much in truffle country if near Limoges.

Why is a storm taking tiles off. Did something hit the roof?

My roofer says that storm force winds don’t blow tiles off, they suck them off. The air rushing over them creates low pressure which lifts the tiles, much as airflow over an aeroplane’s wing creates lift.

 

[Steve Maskery]

You must be pretty much in truffle country if near Limoges.

Why is a storm taking tiles off. Did something hit the roof?

Not as far as I am aware. But there goes my YouTube bonus!

 

[Steve Maskery]

My roofer says that storm force winds don’t blow tiles off, they suck them off. The air rushing over them creates low pressure which lifts the tiles, much as airflow over an aeroplane’s wing creates lift.

That makes sense.

 

[AJB Temple]

Isn't Limoges near the Perigord national park? Perigord black winter truffles are very much in season. Make friends with a truffle hunter or failing that steal his dog.

 

[Steve Maskery]

Call me a Philistine but I've never really liked truffles.

 

[Steve Maskery]

There is a positive update on the roof.
The roofer has never got back to me, but my neighbour Jean-François (J-F or just plain Jeff to his English friends, and sometimes his wife) came round to ask me to cut a shelf for him and when he saw the hole in the roof, he said he would come and take a look if it wasn't raining.
Well this morning it was fine but it got a bit more miserable this afternoon and we had to go out for an hour. When we got back there was a ladder up to the gutter, but no sign of Jeff.
After 20 mins or so I heard him calling, so we had a conflab. Well there is no way I'm getting up there. I fell in snow, more than a decade ago now, but I did a lot of damage to my knee and if I do the same again it will be a wheelchair job, so I am terrified of falling. But he was up there like a ferret up a trouser leg, he put the tiles back in place and went on to tackle the smaller, but several, other holes.
One tile was broken, but he had a spare, identical and brand new. There are a couple of others broken, but there is a pile of them just a hundred yards away, which belong to another, rather elderly neighbour. So he is going to ask her if we can have a couple. I'm sure she will oblige.
A couple of the roof laths are broken too, but I do have some in the hay-loft and Jeff says he can replace the broken ones when the weather is fine.
So whilst it's not pristine, it looks like the leaks have been largely sorted for the immediate future.
Our neighbours are fantastic people, they really look out for us, in all sorts of ways.

 

[AJB Temple]

Top bloke Jeff. I know a chap like that . Really helped me out a couple of years ago.

 

[AndyP]

We have a Jeff, lives just opposite he’s pretty good with cars too and likes english beer.
Every village needs a Jeff.

 

[fiveeyes]

Over here, in my corner of the world, I have a 'Jeff', too.
A neighbor that is sooo very helpful, in so many ways.
He appreciates good bourbon, too!

 

[duke]

We are fortunate to also have many Jeff's, have on occasion needed a Jeff and of course I will reciprocate with help when needed and have many times. It is how sparse rural communities help one another.

 

[chataigner]

Isn't Limoges near the Perigord national park? Perigord black winter truffles are very much in season. Make friends with a truffle hunter or failing that steal his dog.

Near is relative. From well north of Limoges where Steve is to say Sorges which is the nearest well considered truffle area is about 125km. If you find a truffle hunter, never mind the dog, steal his pig.

By the way, this thread has reminded me that I owe you a return workshop visit invitation Steve - it will have to be after Xmas now, too many commitments. Sorry for the delay