Work Details
St Michaels Primary School, a Grade II listed building, required re-roofing of the slate roof including the bell tower.
The works comprised comprehensive conservation repairs of the bell tower carried out to meet CADW requirements. Following the erection of the scaffold and initial strip, it became apparent that the roof had been originally vaulted with open ceiling, with the existing underside of slate roofing ‘torched’ with lime. SWG worked collaboratively with CADW and the Client to amend the specification and replace ‘like with like’, with the torching retained where possible
and replaced with a lime and hemp mix where required. Both the lime and any laths required were
locally sourced. Repairs and decoration were also undertaken to the bell tower, the decorative finial on the top of the tower and all guttering.
and replaced with a lime and hemp mix where required. Both the lime and any laths required were
locally sourced. Repairs and decoration were also undertaken to the bell tower, the decorative finial on the top of the tower and all guttering.
Works were programmed to avoid the bat roosting season, which resulted in a limited time frame for works to be completed to the section of roof that bats had been identified as inhabiting.