Photos Ardrossan Restoration Work May 2014

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2nd May 2014

Staging going up
Staging going up
and up
and up
staging
staging
North side staging
North side staging

6th May 2014

Scaffolding arrives
Scaffolding arrives
Scaffolding erection starts
Scaffolding erection starts
scaffolding
scaffolding
scaffolding
scaffolding
Staging getting higher
Staging getting higher
Thomas the joiner
Thomas the joiner
North staging at top level
North staging at top level
South transept staging going up
South transept staging going up
Roof timbers close-up 1
Roof timbers close-up 1
Roof timbers close-up 2
Roof timbers close-up 2
View from the top
View from the top
Richard the joiner
Richard the joiner

7th May 2014

North transept
North transept
Architect gefinger poking
Architect gefinger poking
Architect and contractor dismantle North transept!
Architect and contractor dismantle North transept!
North transept glazing bars
North transept glazing bars
North transept architect's finger-poking
North transept architect’s finger-poking
South transept
South transept
South transept
South transept
South transept
South transept
south transept wavy glass left hand panel
south transept wavy glass left hand panel
south transept centre panel
south transept centre panel
Angela, Katherine and fabric dog
Angela, Katherine and fabric dog
Scaffolding 7 May
Scaffolding 7 May
A, K, + FD
A, K, + FD

9th May 2014

scaffolding coming round the front
scaffolding coming round the front
more scaffolding
more scaffolding
North staging partly covered
North staging partly covered

17th May 2014

High scaffolding, access to chancel/nave join
High scaffolding, access to chancel/nave join
and again
and again

19th May 2014

scaffolding 19 May
scaffolding 19 May
Men at work
Men at work
Chief scaffolder
Chief scaffolder
Richie the foreman on left
Richie the foreman on left
Richie the foreman on left
North window
Dodgy north Window
Dodgy north Window
North window
North window
Architect's folly
Architect’s folly
North window
North window
North side gutter
North side gutter
Window to left of porch - one head good, one very worn
Window to left of porch – one head good, one very worn
West (Shacklady) window
West (Shacklady) window
West window
West window
West wall - stonework detail
West wall – stonework detail
View from west side scaffolding
View from west side scaffolding

20th May 2014

Damaged plaster removed over Rector's vestry - sarking needs replacement
Damaged plaster removed over Rector’s vestry – sarking needs replacement
Chipping out window putty
Chipping out window putty
High at west end of church
High at west end of church
checking west end pointing and haunching
checking west end pointing and haunching

27th May 2014

Approved mortar sample
Approved mortar sample
Rejected mortar sample
Rejected mortar sample
Chiselling out old mortar
Chiselling out old mortar

28th May 2014

Making templates for small panes of North window
Making templates for small panes of North window
North Nave roof slate work
North Nave roof slate work
Cutting template from lining paper
Cutting template from lining paper
North window as coverin glass removed
North window as coverin glass removed
North side roof work
North side roof work
Removing outer glass, North window
Removing outer glass, North window
Out she comes!
Out she comes!
A man on top of his work!
A man on top of his work!
North window leaded glass removed
North window leaded glass removed
North mullions 1
North mullions 1
North mullions 2
North mullions 2
North mullion detail
North mullion detail

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