DIY Si
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| posted on 15/8/07 at 04:01 PM |
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The place is being sold through a local surveyor's and they have said it should get planning with a suitable/sympathetic conversion. Grade II
listed, so I'm hoping the church will have to leave the stained glass in place! There isn't any external work to do, as far as I can see,
so it shouldn't affect things too much. I have an architect friend who has said she'd do one house/building for me for a slap up meal or
two and a few pints of hooky. Which is nice! 
It's been unused for a few years, but has been kept wind and water tight, but has only had essential maintainance done up to this point. The
surveyor wasn't in today, but will be tomorrow, so I'll know more then.
It's also out in the sticks, so there shouldn't be much in the way of vandalism, but I'm expecting some anyways.
[Edited on 15/8/07 by DIY Si]
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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Peteff
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| posted on 15/8/07 at 05:01 PM |
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There's a small church in Ashover which was converted about 10 years ago. The upstairs floor runs across the windows but it looks basically like
it did before and has made a very nice place. They were built to last.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 15/8/07 at 05:27 PM |
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Lighting the upper floor is going to be an issue, as the windows aren't full height, only just above half of the full height including the roof
space. Still pondering on that one.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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DIY Si
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| posted on 16/8/07 at 08:33 PM |
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Right, another silly question time!
I've received the full survey done in 2004 for the Church (capital intended), and it raises a few issues which I need advice/guidance on. There
are a few patches of rising damp, which is to be expected in a building like this. Are these difficult to sort in an old stone and rubble wall built
place? I know they tend to use far more of the chemical DPC, if going that way, but how effective does it tend to be?
Also, it mentions a "soft" wooden floor. Is this likely to need new joist, or could it be something more sinister?
Oh, Rich, you have U2U.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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