Day 18 - Scaffolding and Stone Slabs

Week 4 - Day 18
The scaffolders began linking the scaffold towers at the front and back of the chapel.
these brace the structure and allow a temporary floor to be laid that will stop debris falling from the ceiling and roof while they are being taken apart. It also makes it safer by limiting the distance anything, or anyone can fall.
the scaffolding work is being carried out by HT Scaffolding Systems who have worked at Manchester's Victoria Baths and at Ordsall Hall.
Whilst the scaffolding work was being carried out above the gallery, in the cellar the floor slabs were being taken out for safe storage. In the cellar the floor is being lifted to enable a damp-proof membrane to be put in and so that under-floor heating can be fitted.

Scaffolders Steve Baxendale, Sam Frater and Ant Jones
of HT Scaffold Systems Ltd.

The scaffold extends through George Street Chapel from front to back
George Street to Jackson Pit.

Scaffolding through the window openings.

The scaffold extending across the chapel floor
above the gallery floor.

Stone slabs from the floor of the cellar dwellings ready for removal
for safe storage.