2 layer Torchon roof to new level added during hi rise refurbishment              
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this roof is the one right centre, blueish coloured wind sheilds in place with tower crane and lift hoist  arrival on site, some builders material needs moved
still waiting for material to be moved, time is money, start priming  our favourite colour black, bit. primer down, incoming torchdown and also incoming weather
twin torchers torching the underlay down, using 12x2 windsheilds  laying back to the wind 55kmph plus, 2 planks and 2 rolls holding down the other half of the roll to keep it down setting out the roll in the high wind NW corner, 60kmph plus, fully harnessed and rope on  later at the other end of the roof, calm and sunny, finishing off the priming because the builders were not finished at one end we had to step back our rolls for end lap jointing one metre minimum  all finished and packed up at the end of the 2nd day typical vent pipe stack, flashed to underlay  typical safety eyelet anchorage point, flashed to underlay underlay 70 percent completed, laps hot trowel welded, looking North  underlay 70 percent completed, laps hot trowel welded, looking South view of the roof project view of the stair well roof stairwell roof, awkward work under the main roofs eave looking through under the eave on the stairwell roof, base sheet down same view, mineral cap sheet down, plywood fitted over the eave on the main roof stairwell roof completed with roof access hatch stairwell roof completed
edge detail aluminium drip flashing fitted to edge
drip flashing primed with bitumen primer fitting the self adhesive double sided bitumen tape to the metal edge flashing, in the wind
double sided bitumen tape fitted to the edge flashing the base sheet is dressed over the watercheck and adhered to the double sided bitumen tape on the metal flashing
laying in strong wind hot trowelling the lapsv
underlay almost completed except for the gutter edge welted drip edge north end
plant room and lift roofs built, primed and ready for membranes plant room and lift roofs underlay laid
a foggy May morning, installing roof top breather vents on main roof Grey Mineral cap sheet being installed on main roof
plant room roof horizontal Grey Mineral cap sheet installed stair roof, plant room, lift roof and part of main roof completed with Grey Mineral Cap sheet
a rare calm day enables the use of a 7 burner torch machine to lay the horizontal membrane clouds are building up but the wind has dropped  the crane has been removed from site roofing progresses only a few rolls to go  stair roof lift roof being worked on and carlift roof primed below close up of car lift roof stainless steel pipe clamps on and tops painted to match roof stainless steel pipe clamps on and tops painted to match roof completed roof closer view of stair and lift room roof  view from the neighbours