2024

With spring 24 the last bigger renovations are finished. New floors and ceiling and some decoration. Now waiting for the final touch of some nice paint. And in April our first three kittens were born in the house.

By May 2023 finally the roof was finished and most of the construction was repaired.

The work might come to an end as the roofer toke a check on the construction. Very solid and likely more superior than the original. There are some small details to solve but we have to stay positive and in the end you only remember the good things. Aren’t you?

Putting a perfect structure above an old attic might be one of the most challenging works a Japanese carpenter can face. This handmade work is executed after traditional specifications by every trick of the book. A gift to craftsmanship, which I am proud to be part of. Adam Zgola might be the man of the…

As most of the new girders are setup on top of the recent construction, we also fixed the old structure with some metal fasteners. From this point on it is most challenging to bring everything in angle and level which makes it necessary to bridge the existing inaccuracies. Once the hip rafters come in place…

The hipped roof style “Yosemune–zukuri” may be one of the most attractive ones, as it is also used for temples, but for repair and maintenance it surely is the most affording and labour intensive one. In some of the pictures you see a complex kind of hip rafter joint “Yosemune no sumi“. Precisely manufactured tenon…