Day 218 - Cleaning Up

Week 44 - Day 218
Contractors now concentrating on cleaning up as all the main capital works come to an end.
Hoovering and mopping up the stone flags in the cellar got particular attention today.

Day 130 - New Staircase

Week 27 - Day 130
This is where the new staircase will be fitted tomorrow. To allow access between the basement and the main chapel floor.

Day 122 - Last of the Floor Slabs Lain in Basement

Week 25 - Day 122
The last few stone floor slabs were relaid to day in the basement.

Day 109 - Re-Laying Stone Slabs in Basement

Week 23 - Day 109
The stone floor slabs from the cellar started to be re-layed this week.
The level will be used to measure up the new staircase for construction and fitting.

Day 93 - Stone Slabs Return to George Street

Week 20 - Day 93
The stone slabs from the cellar were returned to George Street today. All ready to be re-laid next week.

The stone slabs from the cellar floor returned to George Street Chapel, Oldham.
All ready for relaying.

Day 89 - Last Friday a Man Put His Foot in It

Week 20 - Day 89
Some one walked on the screed surface used to cover the underfloor heating her at George Street Chapel, Oldham.
His footprints will be there for some time!

Day 88 - Major Progress on Roof and in Cellar

Week 19 - Day 88
Major progress made at the end of this week to the roof and the cellar.
The newly made stone gutters were delivered and are being fitted along the front and rear walls along Jackson Pit and George Street elevations.
In the cellar the screed has been laid over the under floor heating coils.
Look forward to the return of the original stone flags to the cellar floor soon.

Day 86 - Laying the Under-floor Heating

Week 19 - Day 86
2 pictures today 1 showing the under floor heating pipes being clipped down and the pipes that has been laid

Day 65 - Mesh for Reinforcing the Cellar Floor

Week 14 - Day 65
The reinforcing mesh for strengthening the concrete floor in the cellar was delivered this morning.
It was laid over a damp-proof membrane, and supported on spacers to make sure that the mesh remains in the middle of the concrete when it is poured.

Day 20 - Storing the Stone Floor from the Cellar

Week 4 - Day 20
The cellar is now clear of all wall plaster, partitioning, toilets and stone floor. All ready for work to start on the internal groundworks on Monday morning.

There are a lot of slabs to remove from the cellar dwellings
underneath George Street Chapel.

Removing the stone slabs from George Street Chapel cellar dwellings.
taken away for safe keeping until the ground works have been completed
and they can be brought back again.

Day 19 - Temporary Floor

Week 4 - Day 19
Scaffold boards started to be lifted up to deck out the temporary floor above the Gallery Floor.
More stone slabs were marked up, cleaned and moved out of the cellar.

Boarding to deck out the temporary floor above the Gallery.

Stone slabs stacked within the cellar of George Street Chapel.

Day 10 - Work on Roof and Cellar

Week 2 - Day 10
Major progress today on the roof and in the cellar.
The horizontal scaffold sections were locked together above the roof, supported from the scaffolding at the front and rear scaffold towers. Once the window frames have been removed translucent roof panels will protect the chapel from the elements while the slates are removed and then replaced with new ones.

Roofing scaffold frames being locked in place to protect
George Street Chapel while the roof is renovated.

In the cellar the stone floor slabs have started to be lifted. There is no damp-proof membrane under the slabs, so damp is rising up from the ground below. While the floor is lifted a under-floor heating system will be installed before the slabs are put back.

The stone floor slabs being removed from the cellar dwellings
underneath George Street Chapel.