"You close the door on me and tell me I can't, I'm gonna find a way to get in." Tyler Perry

The winter season took its toll on the frames of the front and back doors. I had forgotten the first rule of the Manse - Beware the elements! The autumn and winter rains had sought out the wooden spacers I had fitted with the end result that it was virtually impossible to open or close either of them. This resulted in removing both doors and adjusting each of the frames.

with the addition of some expanding foam...

Viola; a complete absence of drafts and a door that opens and closes easily

"Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position." G. K. Chesterton

Not that there's much in the attic over the kitchen at the moment - apart from 5 birds nests, umpteen 50 year old newspapers used to block holes, hundreds of nails in the beams and an accumulation of dust, guano, stones and general detrius.

but once it was de-nailed and cleaned up it proved to be quite a big space

And so we started to cut and fit the insulation for the roof

so hopefully this will be finished in two or three days - by my Man Friday - before I return next month