This was a project done last year and I thought I had made a post about it, but looks like I did not. After several small span Catalan roofs we decided to roof this room using our new skills. This method is referred to by many names: Catalan, timbrel, cohesive tile. I will use Catalan. (Note the modern scaffolding!) First we built end walls to draw the catenary shape templates, run strings to control the shape, and "glue" the tiles. I bought handmade floor tiles for the first course for…
