This update comes sooner than normal with some frustration and set back. Over the course of the project so far we have been very fortunate with the weather however, things recently have taken a turn for the worse.
When planning the project the ideal situation would have been to have a temporary roof over the whole church which would completely prevent water ingress during the works however, at a cost of around £70,000 this just was not feasible and would have meant the project would have not got off the ground. The project team highlighted water ingress as quite a high risk to the project and as part of reducing that risk asked the contractor to complete a method statement outlining the process they would use to limit this risk.
None the less, even though these precautions were taken, water is quite hard to tame and water ingress in the recent storms has led to a large part of the north aisle ceiling to collapse in the north aisle. Apart from the ceiling itself, no major damage was caused as the plaster was caught by the crash deck erected to keep contractors working on the new timber repairs from falling through the roof.
As things currently stand we have no funding available to repair this after the scaffolding has come down. Unless we are able to divert/find funds we may have a whole in the ceiling for a little while.
Otherwise, progress on the roof is continuing as weather permits. More updates to follow.
