Day 140 - Staining the Roof Trusses

Week 29 - Day 140
Having finished the messy work applying lime plaster to the ceiling laths attention has now turned to the roof trusses.
Before work started the trusses had been boxed in by lath and plaster and painted white to match the walls and ceiling. The pews are going to be painted an pale white/cream tones, so it has been decided to  leave the trusses as bare wood but with a cleaned up surface.
The cleaning has removed a white coating which indicated where the original ceiling had been constructed.

Here the uncleaned roof trusses of George Street Chapel show the bare wood which would have
been within the attic space. The white paint would have been visible below the original ceiling.

The George Street Chapel  roof trusses were covered with lath and plaster
and painted white when the original ceiling was removed and the roof lights inserted.
This how the roof trusses were found when the conservation repairs started.