Quadriga

Church Repair

Quadriga offers systems of repair which sympathetically conserve and restore masonry and stone, preventing further deterioration, either structurally or aesthetically and enabling full Church Repair.

Church repair options are broadly the same as those used for other types of buildings with masonry and include complete renewal, insitu surface restoration, or consolidation.

External church stonework often requires cleaning in order to adequately identify concealed defects. Once diagnosed, various methods can be adopted depending upon the type of stone masonry and the extent of the decay.

INDENTING NEW MASONRY

New pieces of masonry can be indented into the existing church structure to replace defective areas of stonework.

INSITU CHURCH REPAIR USING REINFORCED REPAIR MORTARS

A defective area of masonry can be cut out and repaired using restoration mortar. The area of repair is dampened and stainless steel dowels are fixed into the host area of repair if required, before the area is restored forward with mortar to it's original line and profile.

PINNING AND GROUT INJECTION TO CHURCH STONEWORK

Areas of unstable or loose stonework can be consolidated using grouting or pinning techniques. Grout is pumped into the unstable masonry structure to bind the masonry together while producing what is in effect an invisible repair. Pinning can be used to fix loose pieces of masonry to the main structure and improve the stability of the substrate. Stainless steel dowels are drilled into the church stonework and fixed in place with epoxy resign.

CHURCH REPAIR PROJECT:   St. Sophia's Church, Galston

CLIENT: Balvac Whitley Moran Ltd

CONTRACT OVERVIEW: Concrete repairs to brick arches and installation of ties into concrete vaults – Helifix installation.

SCOPE OF CHURCH REPAIR WORKS:

The arches inside the building needed repairing so slots were chased into the brickwork using angle grinders.

These slots were then vacuumed out and Helifix reinforcement bars grouted into the slots to reinforce the arches.

Repair work to secure the coping stones on the external parts of the church was carried out.

The loose coping stones were secured into the brickwork using long dowels which were fixed in place with epoxy resin.

The stabilisation of the front elevation using Helifix Cemties was carried out.

STATUS: Sub-contractor to Balvac Whitley Moran

VALUE: £100k

DURATION: 12 weeks