Tal didn't notice Sah's bewilderment, too distracted by how many things still had to be done to make this reclaimed building a home - and eventually too distracted by the pain in his foot to worry about what the hunter might think. Besides, however much he might dislike admitting it out loud, he and Sah made a pretty effective team. With the barely taller man holding the beams steady, the courier was able to scamper up and slide the new reinforced brackets into place on the ends of the old rafters so the new boards could be slotted into place. The whole roof probably needed to be rebuilt, but the patching they were doing would last many seasons, giving Tal time to do a more thorough job later. With Sah providing the raw magical strength to lift things and Tal doing the fine-tuning and final nailing, screwing, and gluing into place they eventually sorted out the beams. Then it was up and out to start laying the decking, attaching each board firmly to the new rafters and building a seamless patch to keep out the snow and wind.
Alys, meanwhile had come afoul of Tal's bad luck at last. The mortar was chunky and refusing to cooperate and the rocks kept wanting to fall out of their holes, even after the sticky mortar was applied. It was a good thing that she approached the task with patience and was careful in her rock selection; although the task might have been finished much sooner than the boys' carpentry if everything had gone well, she instead finished at the same time, but her work was impeccable.
Tal wiped his brow as they took a break and tea and biscuits were passed around (with some for the companions, too). "Right. We're gettin' close, I think. Just need to put the shingles back on the roof deckin', an' that'll be done. The chimney up top is still a mess, though. That'll take some work to finish repairin', but after that..." He looked around, then nodded to the window on the back wall. "Just need t'replace the glass in that, an' then we can finish up the last bits inside."
Round 4: Finishing the outside
- Replace the windows
- Shingle the roof
- Rebuild the top chimney flue
We're almost there! Second to last round!
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Alys, meanwhile had come afoul of Tal's bad luck at last. The mortar was chunky and refusing to cooperate and the rocks kept wanting to fall out of their holes, even after the sticky mortar was applied. It was a good thing that she approached the task with patience and was careful in her rock selection; although the task might have been finished much sooner than the boys' carpentry if everything had gone well, she instead finished at the same time, but her work was impeccable.
Tal wiped his brow as they took a break and tea and biscuits were passed around (with some for the companions, too). "Right. We're gettin' close, I think. Just need to put the shingles back on the roof deckin', an' that'll be done. The chimney up top is still a mess, though. That'll take some work to finish repairin', but after that..." He looked around, then nodded to the window on the back wall. "Just need t'replace the glass in that, an' then we can finish up the last bits inside."
Round 4: Finishing the outside
- Replace the windows
- Shingle the roof
- Rebuild the top chimney flue
We're almost there! Second to last round!
No posting order
