Harry and Oscar arrived on Monday, 14 February with the smart new rainwater heads, incorporating chute overflows, to fit to the top of the chancel downpipes.
The south gutter of the chancel was cleared of its jointed lead gutter linings and the stepped concrete bases changed to smooth falls to the rainwater head to accommodate the new single piece gutter sheeting. The north followed. Storm Dudley rattled the scaffolding sheeting on Wednesday and displaced a scaffold board or two.
On Thursday architect William Assheton held the first formal site meeting. It was attended by the main contractor, Darren Guess, PCC representatives and QS Ryan Newton. Work was reported to be on target.
During the meeting, Harry and Oscar started to clear the north gutters of the nave by removing the old lead gutter linings and the disintegrated support materials. They then formed better sloped paths for the new single piece stainless steel gutter linings to sit on. Shaun was forming and installing the stainless steel gutter linings into the chancel.
At the end of the day, the roof and scaffolding were battened down to prepare for ‘red alert’ storm Eunice. With such a forecast, there was no work on Friday and the works successfully endured the storm!
GHP
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