Project: Summer Kitchen - Taking off the old roof

BEFORE and AFTER.... and the various stages of work in between:

A small outbuilding adjoining the house suffered a lot of rain damage over the last couple of years as a result of some faulty guttering above it. Holes appeared in the roof and rain seeped into the ceiling beneath it making it totally unusable and also dangerous. In addition to that the back wall, made primarily of mud bricks, had been slowly eroded away from the leaky roof and there was now a large gaping hole in it.We realized that if we didn't take the roof off ourselves it would most likely fall off, breaking what might be recyclable roof tiles in the process. It turns out that the major beams of the roof are actually in pretty good condition, but some of them will still need replacing or reinforcing somehow. The plan is to get the roof back on, rebuild the back wall incorporating all sorts of creative artistry with littles niches, mosaics, etc. and also have a window in there looking out to our back field. We have taken out the door and windows in the front section and that will remain open looking out onto our two-tiered patio area (yet another "project in-process").