Isolating the porch roof

One of the projects I decided to work on this summer was the porch isolation.

When we built the tiny house I knew I wanted to have a porch to relax having breakfast in the morning and sitting with a coffee in the autumn evenings. We decided to ask a carpenter friend to build it out of timber and just leave the tiles on top of the wood structure, as most people do here in their farms.

I like the way it looks and as we spent most of the time there during the summer, we thought it was good enough. I just had time to varnish the pilars with Lasur and the most exposed beams. I finished all the staining this summer. Last January, when I spent a few days there with my son, we found the porch fool of bird poo. As the animals detect there is no one there, they decide to shelter under the porch when it rains and the result is a completely mess. Before leaving, I decided to add some provisional protection using some left over vinyl mesh.

When I came back, in early May, the place was not so dirty, but still, some birds managed to create a nest with straw and you could clearly see it was not a good provisional solution, so I decided I would isolate and cover the whole porch with wood during the summer. First, I bought some polystyrene boards, cut them to cover the space between the beams and then, started adding the little pieces of wood to cover them.

I decided to film a short video when I was about to start covering the last area.

It took me several days to do the work as the strong heat gave me only small time during the morning, but I managed to finish most of it. I ran out of material to end the small areas in the front part. So I decided to, at least, cover them with the isolation board to avoid the birds to keep getting in hoping I will be able to end this small areas in the winter, I also plastered the holes between the roof tiles. I will soon have a chance to start checking if any birds try to shelter, but the real test will be in the spring with all the rain.

Here's a panoramic perspective of the final work with everything varnished.

I also painted all the building for the first time as there was only the white from the plaster so far. I plan to drive back at the end of October to harvest the olives and process them for the extra virgin olive oil.

Let's cross the fingers and hope everything is fine when I come back 😅