Repair works to chapel building, Crowlas Cemetery, near Penzance, Cornwall

Full details at:

www.ludgvan.org/quotes-invited-repairs-to-chapel-building-crowlas-cemetery/

Preparation phase

1. Construction of buried stormwater drainage soakaway. To bring run-off water from the roof away from the building, by a gulley at each side of the parking area. 100mm underground sewerage pipe.

2. Construction of parking area. To incorporate the soakaway and a turning area. To be surfaced with compacted 803 aggregate and a surface dressing of gravel.

Main phase works:

External structure

• first window, northern side, keystone to be re-fixed and crack repaired
• repointing, all external walls, existing to be replaced with natural hydraulic mortar (1 part NHL3.5 lime to 3 parts graded sand). No cement. All pointing to leave new mortar flush with adjoining.

Chapel roof

• replace rotten purlins with new
• potentially other rotten timber to be replaced
• replace tongue and groove ceiling cladding with new
• replace any tiles removed and damaged with tiles to match existing

Lean-to building

• to be repointed and replace broken roof sheet
• wooden door to be repaired/replaced
• gutters and downpipes - failing fixings to be replaced
• Doors and windows - repairs to sections of rotten timber in door and window frames. Missing sections of timber to be replaced.
• Windows - re-glaze those without glazing

Internal walls - the existing lime plaster to be removed and replaced with new lime plaster.

Internal floor - replace concrete slab inside entrance.

Additional information: Applications to be submitted by email to …@ludgvan.org.uk by 29 April 2022

Tender Documents

• Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder → — Tender notice
• Works specification → — Submission documents
• Works specification → — Contract notice