Mission church - Repairs
After a lack of investment for many years, the Mission Church was understandably suffering and in long need of repair.
The roof tiles were in a poor condition causing the plaster ceiling to fail, the rainwater gutters were poorly designed and had failed saturating the masonry walls and causing green algal staining to the plaster internally. To the north the ground levels were higher than the church causing damp at low level.
As part of the building work water was found pouring into the church from the north east side of the building. The ground levels were adjusted around the perimeter of the building and a French drain installed to help water disperse.
A further challenge was the re-roofing of the decorative tiled roofs. Building regulations require roofing tiles to be secured. As a minimum each tile in every fifth course, all perimeter tiles and the first two courses at eaves and the last two courses at the ridge must be fixed. The original tiles were from blue clay but were not drilled. After hours and hours of trying to drill the tiles, all efforts appeared useless and so a meeting was held with the approved inspector to agree an alternative. The existing tiles were cut along the side with a disk cutter to create a slot which allowed them to be nailed to the battens.
Blue Clay Tiles - machine cut on site
james mackintosh architects limited
First Floor, 21 The High Street,
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
OX7 5AD
01608 692 310 / 07880 727 150