From wilderness to palace

Chapter 29 Roofs and Chimneys

Liu Yaozu, who returned to the mountain shelter with the 'trophies' he got from the stream in the morning, also started to be busy for lunch.When staying in the mountains, sometimes it feels like time passes so quickly, half a day is gone in the blink of an eye.

Considering that there are a lot of brook fish caught, there must be more than one meal.In order to prevent the taste of the fish eaten at night, when frying the fish at noon, Liu Yaozu specially took the time to save the rest of the brook fish to be fried at night, and fry all the fish with salt first.

If fried into dried fish, these caught stream fish may be preserved for a longer period of time.But Liu Yaozu felt that it was completely unnecessary!

The lunch meal is spicy river fish with fried noodles.Wrap the stir-fried river fish in a pancake and enjoy it just like eating meat with meat. The taste is also very different.Pour some vegetable soup and it tastes great!
"Exciting! This way of eating makes the fresh scent of the brook fish fully blend with the taste of the bread, and it tastes really different!"

Anyway, you don't have to worry about anything, you can eat as much as you want.As for the stream fish caught in the morning, even if they are divided into two meals, each meal still has a large plate.The soup mixed with the fresh and fragrant brook fish tastes delicious even if it is used to dip the noodle cakes.

With enough food and drink, plus no need to worry about eating meat at night, Liu Yaozu, who did not choose to take a lunch break, worked directly under the scorching sun.Because of the shelter, I directly choose to rely on big trees, and I will not feel too hot if I stay under it at noon.

If it were another open area, Liu Yaozu might still have to avoid the sharp edge at this time of noon.Although he has not been back to his hometown for a long time, in terms of the change in skin color, he has become much darker than when he first returned to his hometown.

Although it was not as exaggerated as the bronze color, Liu Yaozu didn't think there was anything wrong with darkening his skin.If he really wants to work all day long, his skin is more tender and fairer than a woman's. I'm afraid many people will think that he is fake and not working!

Standing on the platform built yesterday, Liu Yaozu also started to build the rest of the roof.Considering the triangular roof, strong supports are also required.Carrying an ax to the nearby jungle, he directly chopped two straight miscellaneous trees.

Use a ruler to measure the length, and saw off any excess.After sharpening the bottom of the miscellaneous wood for later use, Liu Yaozu began to dig holes in the front and back of the house, and then buried the two supporting pillars.He also made a groove on the top of the support column.

After measuring the distance between the two supporting columns, Liu Yaozu cut out a protruding plate that can be embedded into the groove of the supporting column at both ends of another prepared beam.Then lift the crossbeam and embed the protruding plate in the support column.

Seeing the bracket fixed like a horizontal bar, Liu Yaozu knew that this was the first step in making the roof, and the rest was the auxiliary triangular bracket.Making these brackets is naturally much easier and simpler than vertical beams.

In order to ensure the firmness of the roof, the wooden nails that were useless yesterday were also used by Liu Yaozu to fix the roof beams.The triangular brackets at both ends are nailed first, and the rest of the brackets in the middle are slowly filled, and a triangular roof emerges impressively.

Thinking of laying oil blankets on the top of the floor, it is not enough just to have straight frames, and there must be several horizontal frames.Aware of this, Liu Yaozu cut down some small straight logs and nailed the triangular roof frame more firmly.

Even if people stand on the roof frame, they will still not feel that the roof cannot withstand or shake, which means that the roof is indeed very strong.Unless there is a super strong wind, Liu Yaozu doesn't have to worry, the roof will be blown down by the strong wind.

On the side where the bed will be built, lay the linoleum brought in in advance.Covered with black linoleum, the roof has become more true to its name.Compared with the glazed tiles that are common in rural areas, the appearance is definitely not so good-looking.

But Liu Yaozu knows that in the early years when pig houses or cow houses were built in rural areas, even some poor families actually had cow felt for their roofs.Just on the cow felt, many people will spread straw or thatch.

Regarding this point, Liu Yaozu thought for a while, and felt that the amount of the project was not small, and he might not be able to handle it today.Besides, the mountains are no better than the villages, and it is relatively easy to find straw or hay.In the mountains, it will take some time to find and collect.

"It's not too late to say it slowly! There is shade on the top of the head, and the cow felt is not afraid of problems in a short period of time. Before winter, spread hay on it, and I believe the heat preservation effect will be better. Living in it in winter, It shouldn't be too cold."

On the other side of the roof, which has not yet been covered with felt, Liu Yaozu plans to install the heating stove first.Leave a space for the chimney so that you don't have to lift it off again after covering it with cow felt.How to install a chimney without leaving holes?
Liu Yaozu, who came down from the attic platform built yesterday and walked into the wooden house, installed the previously customized heating stove.On the other side not far from the bed, fix the heating stove and put the chimney on it.

When he saw that the chimney was blocked by the platform wood, Liu Yaozu also smiled wryly and said: "It's not considered properly, this position should leave some space. Forget it, first remove some baffles, install the chimney first, and then fix it again!"

Although I had the experience of building a shelter once, the shelter built this time was much larger and taller than Shelter No. [-] in terms of area and layout.When I came to the platform, I pried up some of the wood, and I saw the heating stove below.

Come down and reinstall the chimney, and finally let the chimney rise out of the roof.Liu Yaoyang, who was on the platform again, fixed the pried wood to ensure that the exit of the chimney was left.

In order to avoid burning these woods due to the high temperature of the chimney in the future, Liu Yaoyang also wrapped the prepared iron sheet around the edge of the chimney.There is an iron sheet to block the heat insulation, and the temperature of the chimney alone is naturally unlikely to ignite the wood on the platform.

After completing the heat insulation layer of the platform chimney, Liu Yaozu started to make the heat insulation layer of the roof.At this time, it is natural to lay cow felt.When laying to the position of the chimney, cut a hole in advance to ensure that it is not blocked by the chimney.

Just like the platform, the location of the roof chimney requires both water leakage prevention and heat insulation measures.After some operations, Liu Yaoyang stood on the stairs and looked very happy looking at the roof of the chimney.

"When you have time next time, buy a bucket of asphalt paint to paint the roof, and then cover it with hay. I believe the shelf life of the roof will be longer. If the roof leaks every now and then, it will be quite troublesome to mend the leak later!"

It is thought that the cow felt is also coated with waterproof material, but the shelf life is not long.If it is exposed to the sun for a long time, its service life will also be shortened.Although this kind of material is gradually withdrawing from the market now, it is still relatively easy to find in the countryside.

Cow felt is cheap compared to other roofing materials.Although better materials can be bought, the problem is that it is quite a headache and troublesome thing to transport these materials into the mountain.

Even though cow felt has many disadvantages, its price and quality, Liu Yaozu thinks it is better than waterproof rain cloth.Using this as a shelter roof, he thinks it is the best choice at the moment.

After building the shelter this time, Liu Yaozu also realized that it took more time and difficulty to build such a large shelter than the previous No. [-] shelter.But he feels that this has a lot to do with the lack of useful tools.

If I had the machines I bought at home, I believe the speed of building such a wooden house would be much faster.It's a pity that all those machines and equipment need electricity.Without electricity, even moving into the mountains is useless.

Thinking of this, Liu Yaozu thought thoughtfully: "If I buy some outdoor charging tools and a small solar generator, maybe the efficiency of my shelter construction can be greatly improved."

If those equipment were to be used, the area and specifications of the shelter built would definitely be more luxurious than this one.In a short time, we haven't found a suitable base for building this kind of shelter. Liu Yaozu thinks it's never too late to do this!

(End of this chapter)