entirely new roof. Timing was critical here... Serge and Hubert from Leisure Farms showed up the day before the snows arrived. Taking advantage of a lull in the breeze, and the absence of snow, they got the old roof down and the new roof up in record time.
These guys are good. What didn't happen, however, was installation of the roof vent systems. That was because I paled at the sight of Hubert sidling along the ridge-pole in rising winds and the beginnings of gusting snow. With winter coming on, who needs to vent hot air through the roof? I suggested we leave it till later.
Which of course brought us to this spring, and the G8 shenanigans. True to form, Hubert and Serge materialized on the doorstep just before the G8 shut down the roads, hovered the helicopters and generally kept track of all large trucks in the area. They tightened the cover (which, because it was installed in the cold weather, had expanded in the hot sun this spring and needed adjusting). They nipped up onto the roof -- on on the ridge, one indoors with the scissor lift... they popped in the vents, and that was that.
The heat trapped in the arena, even with the doors both open, shimmered out through the new vents.There's two swallows and a robin with nests up there. I'm sure they appreciate the cooler air as much as we do!
We appreciate how these fabric buildings collect the solar heat during the winter, when we are using them the most. They stay comfortably warmer than the great outdoors, light, bright and airy. But come summer, as the mercury climbs towards 30 degrees on a regular basis, it's a little like an oven without the vents in place! Of course, it's only in use during dull, rainy days now, when it is cooler, but it's still better to have the air moving as well as the horses!
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