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PROPERTY MATTERS
HALL AND CHURCH ROOF RESTORATION
Church Preparations
Work in Progress - Week 1 (Hall roof & cladding)
Work in Progress - Week 2 (Hall roof & cladding)
Work in Progress - Week 3 (Hall roof & cladding)
Work in Progress - Week 4 (Hall roof & cladding)
Work in Progress - Week 5
Work in Progress - Week 6
Work in Progress - Week 7 - Church roof removal
Work in Progress - Week 8
Work in Progress - Week 9
Work in Progress - Week 10
Work in Progress - Week 11
Work in Progress - Week 12
Work in Progress - Week 13
Work in Progress - Week 14
Work in Progress - Week 15
Upto February 14th 2009
Monday Februray 16th - Saturday February 20th 2009
Monday February 23rd - Saturday February 28th 2009
Monday March 2nd - Saturday March 7th 2009
Monday March 9th - Saturday March 14th 2009
Monday March 16th - Saturday March 21st 2009
Monday March 23rd - Saturday March 28th 2009
Monday March 30th - Saturday April 4th 2009
Monday April 6th - Saturday April 11th 2009
Monday April 13th - Saturday April 18th 2009
Monday April 20th - Saturday April 25th 2009
Monday April 27th - Saturday May 2nd 2009
Monday May 4th - Saturday May 9th 2009
Monday May 11th - Saturday May 16th 2009
Monday May 18th - Saturday May 23rd 2009
Monday May 25th - Saturday May 30th 2009
Church preparations
Hall looks sad
The sad exterior of the hall after 83 years use in Llanishen
 (January 25th 2009)


Church Council Decides 26/2/09
The Church Council decides - Let work begin!
(January 25th 2009)
Carrying heavy pews 14/2/09
First objective was to remove the central pews to allow room for the Llanishen Village Nursery to relocate into the church whilst the hall is refurbished.
(February 14th 2009)
Pew Carrying like the Arc of the Covenant
Pews were heavy and awkward  -
successfully carried like the Arc of the Covenant

(February 14th 2009)
Only two left 14/2/09
Operating space for the Llanishen Village Play-Group (displaced from the Hall  by the building works) is exposed as the pews were removed
(February 14th 2009)
Pews stored in hall 14/2/09
Pews in storage inside the hall. Neil declares this a "Historic Day"
(February 14th 2009)
Work in Progress - Week 1
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Scaffolding goes up 16/2/09
On Monday the scaffolding goes up.
Monday  February 16th 2009
Tuesday February 17th Hall Roof Removal
Tuesday morning and the roof comes off.
Tuesday February 17th 2009
Feb 18th 2009 - Boarding and felting Hall Roof
Boarding and Felting the hall roof
Wednesday February 18th 2009
Feb.18th 2009 Removal of hall cladding
The cladding  comes off the hall walls.
Wednesday February 18th 2009
Feb. 18th 2009 Cladding gone from end wall of hall
Th wall cladding gone from the end wall
Wednesday February 18th 2009
wasps
Ancient wasps nest revealed behind the cladding
Saturday February 21st 2009
ROOF_battened_CladdingGONE
Roof felted and battened at the end of Week 1.
Saurday February 21st 2009
Felted roof
Roof felted and battened at the end of Week 1
Satiurday February 21st 2009
Work in Progress - Week 2 GOTO TOP OF PAGE
Roofers at work
Roofers pause (above)
after removing scaffolding from the end of the roof (right)

Monday February 23rd 2009
removing scafolding
cladding gone
Georgian Way side of Hall has all the cladding removed
Morning of Wednesday February 25th 2009
bricks removed
Removal of brick filler walls  (seen also in previous photograph)
Added in 1970's to keep out a colony of feral cats
Afternoon of Wednesday February 25th 2009
insulatio
Georgian Way side of Hall after insulation added
Afternoon of Wednesday February 25th 2009
cladding
Church side of Hall with new sub-cladding started.
Brick filler wall removed as noted above.

Morning of Wednesday February 25th 2009
side cklad
Church side of Hall with sub-cladding completed
Afternoon of Wednesday February 25th 2009
Roof Slates delivered
Welsh slate delivered for hall and church roofs.
Afternoon of Wednesday February 25th 2009
Work in Progress - Week 3 GOTO TOP  
Roofless Porch 27_2_09
Roofless poirch
February 27th 2009
Backroom base
Remnants of the Back Room of the Hall - for many uears it housed the Primary Department of the Sunday School;; and later the Young Peoples' Fellowship
March 1st 2009
Rear of site 1-3-09
Behind the Church.
March 1st 2009
Working on the Porch Roof 5-3-09
Working above the porch roof
March 5th 2009
Battened roof and membrane covered walls 8-3-09
The roof battened for the slates and a  breather membrane covering the sub-cladding
March 8th 2009
Slates on half the hall roof 8_3_09
Slates in position on the other side of the Hall roof
March 8th 2009
Work in Progress - Week 4 GOTO TOP
PlayGroupPrincipals 5-3-09PlayGroup_in_Church_9-3-09Play Group in Vestry 9-03-09
The Llanishen Village Play Group operating in the cleared church and vestry during the work on the Hall.
(From the left) Louise Cruse, (5/3/09) Gemma Richards (9/3/09) and Louise Cruse (9/3/09).
New Brick Base for Back Room 15-3-09
A new brick base for the Back Room of the Hall
March 15th 2009
New Brick Plinth March 15th 2009
Matching bricks form a new plinth for the Hall itself
March 15th 2009
Work in Progress - Week 5 GOTO TOP
Work in Progress - Week 6
Work in Progress - Week 7
slate removal from church 31/3/09
The slates begin to come off the church roof - Tuesday March 31st
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roof liner
Roof protection and felting - 1/4/09
slate removal
Removal of the north roof  1/4/09
roof 1/4/09
Covering up the hole in the roof; Battens going down - 1/4/09
side of hall 2/4/09
Side of hall ready for surface cladding - April 2nd 2009
backroo_external_1120_2nd April 2009
roof ready 2/4/09
South roof awaithing the new slates with elevator ready - 2/4/09
Porch roof
Porch roof 1/4/09
Porch roof - Wednesday April 2nd 2009
Work in Progress - Week 8
slates going up on North roof 7/4/09
Elevator taking slates up to north roof -  Tuesday April 7th 2009
Work in Progress - Week 9
Work in Progress - Week 10

Work in Progress - Week 11
Work in Progress - Week 12
Work in Progress - Week 13
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