Day 60 - Supporting an Outside Wall

Week 13 - Day 60
A section of the outside wall on the Jackson Pit elevation was cut away in the past to enable a flue to be inserted  from a kitchen range to a chimney inserted between two windows. Where the flue passed between the wall and the chapel floor it was constructed of plaster and there was little supporting the wall above. See below how a new concrete beam is inserted to take the weight of the wall above.
The flue itself had been built within the cavity wall of the original construction.

Day 35 - Cavity Wall

Week 7 - Day 35
The inner bricks started to be cleaned off and the loose ones removed so they can be rebuilt before the wall is re-plastered. The cavity wall construction can be seen as the inner skin of bricks are removed. Sections of the wall have been re-built before. You can see the concrete block over the window, which replaces the original timber one.