PLANK ROOF AND TRADITIONAL PAINTWORK
Figure P4. New purlins were installed by a construction company to carry the new roofing. Photograph by Kirsti Horn.
Clearing the site, i.e. the building Students of Novia UAS cleaned the rooms of the loft and together with a construction company removed the old roofing and its constructions. The scene was truly discouraging when the building was empty from all the rubbish and dirt that had been gathered there over the years: the decay was far worse than expected. The roof construction was a mish mash of earlier desperate attempts to give the building a cover from the elements. Logs were missing from the walls due to decay, others were soft from fungi and insects. The whole structure seemed to be held together mainly by the sturdy planks on the façade. The surrounding ground had risen above the foundation stones. Trees and bushes were destroying the south gable. The logs that support the loft corridor seemed to give way any minute. Floor boards were slowly turning into earth. It is clear that the building must have been in a bad shape already when it was
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