Rains over...Time to Paint our Roof

Well with the awesome rains we had late summer I believe that we may well be set for the winter months with plenty of water surely having filled the earth beneath and filling our boreholes.  Temperatures in the last couple of weeks have been bearable, mid to high twenties, which I can cope with, and I hope that is the beginning of a trend towards even cooler weather.

This winter we have to paint the roof of our house, as now with the excess water having fallen in heavy abundance, sometimes with such a thunderous roar, it produced a constant drip, drip, drip to be heard above the ceiling when sitting in the lounge.  It does seem that a leak has appeared not in the lounge, but just outside the front over the verandah, where we have noted a very large damp and mildew patch has appeared.  This does mean that we are going to have to repair it, which is a pain, but hopefully we will be able to get away with cutting out just that piece and not have to do the full ceiling.  Seeing this made Johan decide it was high time he went up onto the roof to assess the damage if any at all.  He ended up cleaning out the valleys which had become blocked with dead and composting leaves from the nearby trees, and this may just be the reason that we developed a leak.

The rest of the roof seems to be in a good enough condition other than needing a thorough cleaning with a wire brush before painting, so that will be a job for Johan to do through the dry winter months, ready for next summer.