Day 191 - Pointing in the Rain

Week 40 - Day 191
Wet day again today. The fresh pointing has had to be protected from the wet to stop the lime mortar from washing out and staining the bricks. Probably without time constraints this would have been put off until a drier day, but we are working towards an end date of mid-December.

Day 190 - Things Get Worse Before They Get Better

Week 39 - Day 190
You can't get in through the back door now.
The works to connect up the drainage get down to the the connecting phase, unfortunately its been raining again this week!

Day 189 - Front Door

Week 39 - Day 189
Attention moves to the front door.

Repairs to front door of George Street Chapel, Oldham.

Day 188 - Breaking Ground for Drainage

Week 39 - Day 188
The area below where the cabins stood have been broken up to allow the new drainage services to be put in.

Day 187 - Site Cabin Removed

Week 39 - Day 187
The site cabin was removed today. Always a sign that the project is coming to an end. But also required because the drainage and sewers need to be connected up.
The site office has been moved up to the gallery level of the chapel.

Removal of site cabin at rear of George Street Chapel,
looking north up Jackson Pit, Oldham. 

Day 186 - The Importance of Good Drainage

Week 39 - Day 186
There had always been a problem with drainage and damp on the George Street elevation.
We have tried to tackle this four ways. By tanking and coating the inside of the walls, dry lining, raising a lip around the access ways to the windows and doors and putting a drainage pipe under the floor to carry away any rainwater that collects in the wells.
The drainage pipes were put in whilst the floor was being lifted earlier in the woks programme. Today the drain was connected up.

Day 185 - New Deliveries - Lighting

Week 38 - Day 185
The new lights for the chapel were delivered today. Have to wait a bit before they are fitted and we can see them in their full glory.