Renovating a Victorian Property in Mid Wales
The final stage of the ceiling removal in the school room. The supporting beams were removed first and then supporting strut. Once again without the scaffolding tower we would not have been able to do this. The ceiling is now … Continued
Another of the internal wooden lintels with dry rot was replaced today, this time in the doorway between the cloak room and the lobby.
Today the door between the cloak room and toilet block was blocked up and the fireplace in the school room was made level with the existing walls. Small jobs but all progress!
After a break in the work on this part of the building the new brickwork above the existing block was laid today. As we had very little chance of finding a match for the blocks already there it was decided … Continued
With the new lintel in place it has been possible to finish the removal of the fireplace. There is now a one course deep gap that may need to be filled at a later date to make this flush with … Continued
There are several lintels that need replacing and adding throughout the building. The most crucial at this stage are the one above the door between the cloak room and school room as this is collapsing at one end due to … Continued
The cloak room is another room with a suspended ceiling that needed removing. This room was added to the building in 1886/7 and removing the ceiling will reveal how it originally looked. Before Day 1 The blue fibreboard ceiling panels … Continued
The second stage of the ceiling removal was to remove the large suspended plywood panels. The cross beams that supported the ceiling will need to be removed but the intention is to stop at this point as the danger is … Continued
Now we have the scaffolding tower we could start with the removal of the ceiling in the School Room. The first stage was to remove the large white angled fibreboard panels.
Because of the height of some of the rooms in the School House it became obvious that a scaffolding tower was going to be needed. It needed to be lightweight and able to be moved by one person and have … Continued