CHURCH REFURBISHMENT

Progress on Church Refurbishment

March 9th to 24th

When work stopped the disruption at the back of the church was at its maximum.

The picture shows pipes that were ready to be installed into the trench and a pile of soil that has already been excavated by the back wall.

The Parclose Screen was repaired and rebuilt. Here it is in its new position fixed to the east wall of the south aisle

June 10th to 19th

Work started on Monday 9th March and stopped on Tuesday 24th March because of the Coronavirus outbreak.

During that time the medieval Parclose Screen was removed from the choir vestry extension

The rest of the vestry extension was demolished and excavation of a trench for the drainage and water supply to the tea-bar was begun.

Work resumed on Wednesday 10th June with further excavation to complete the trench. Matt Hurford the appointed archaeologist was there to watch for any archaeological remains but nothing of significance was found.

The drains, water supply and electric cable have all been installed in the trench. The drain has been approved by the Gedling Borough Council Building Inspector and the trench has been backfilled along its entire length.

The path through the north side of the churchyard has been re-instated and the remaining debris is being removed so that route should become passable soon. The paving stones covering the trench have been replaced from the north wall to the centre of the nave.

June 22nd to 26th

The rest of the paving slabs that had been lifted to dig the drainage trench have been replaced so the floor is now complete as far as the south aisle. The area in the right foreground is where the parquet flooring has been removed because it was found to have rotted underneath. This area will be paved with new stone slabs.

The installation of timber studding for the toilet walls has continued and the storage deck above has been covered by boards.

On Thursday 25th.June the sarcophagus was moved to its new position in front of the screen at the east end of the south aisle. When the lid was removed all that was found inside it was a note signed by the eight people who moved it last time on 25 November 1993.

Click here to see how the sarcophagus was moved.

June 29 to July 3rd.

We have not made so much progress this week because our carpenter has been away on another job

Building the structure for the toilets has continued and the loft ladder giving access to the platform above the toilets was installed.

A meeting between the architect and the contractor clarified several detail design points.

July 6th to 10th

The Stanton Moor sandstone paving to replace the section of rotten parquet flooring has been completed. The blue water supply pipe and the black electricity cable can be seen at the far end
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Boarding has been added to the toilet walls ready for the plumbers to install their pipework.

The electrician has completed the ‘first fix’ of the cables and socket boxes in the toilet structure. The one shown is on the outside and will be used to power the control desk for the new Audio System. Another one may be added higher up at the request of the system designers