The Honest Courtesan

At first glance, you might think there are two gaps in this roof, but there aren’t; those are transparent polycarbonate roof panels to let in light.  There will be one more in the section between the shop and the cottage, to the left of the picture; all of them face more or less southeast, for morning light.  Now that I’ve (roughly) trimmed off the panels to the right of the picture, you can see that a lot of light comes in there as well; later I’ll install transparent vertical panels in those sections between shop roof and overhanging roof, so as to close the structure to weather but not light.  All the cutting is still in the rough stage; right now it’s more important to me to get as much roof up on the days that aren’t rainy, and I can go back later with a grinding wheel to smooth off the edges.  After taking this picture, we started taking measurements and clearing the way for the next section, which will extend from the “T” shaped post in the foreground to a header between two posts to be installed behind where I was standing here.  It’s the most complicated section of the roof; after that we just have the two double sections which will connect the roof structure to the rooves of the two cottages, and of course all the finish work (ridge caps, etc).