Bath Abbey Floor Repair
This will involve repairing recording and restoring all 891 ledgerstones that make up the floor and installing eco friendly heating using water from the roman baths.
Bath abbey floor repair. Flooring on sale now. To repair the floor all the victorian pews will have to be removed. Test repairs are made to part of bath abbey s floor to allow experts to monitor if the method could save the whole of it from eventual collapse. The stories behind the people recorded on the ledger stones will be researched by volunteers and made available to visitors.
Abbey carpet floor offers the finest selection and savings on carpet hardwood laminate ceramic and porcelain tile resilient vinyl flooring and area rugs. Bath abbey s east wing reopens after floor restoration this article is more than 1 year old work to stop slabs crashing into burial spaces beneath has uncovered a wealth of surprises. Bath abbey is currently undergoing a 19m programme of refurbishment to stabilise its collapsing floor. Restoration of north side of bath abbey completed as part of footprint project two thirds of bath abbey s historic floor have now been fully restored and saved from collapse as part of phase 2 of the abbey s footprint project with work on the final phase due to commence next week.
Cai mason senior project officer at wessex archaeology described the find as the most. This research is essential as all 891 ledgerstones that form bath abbey s floor are currently being lifted restored and replaced as part of the abbey s footprint project to repair the collapsing floor while installing eco friendly heating using bath s hot springs. A major part of footprint is to repair the abbey s unique floor which is collapsing. While the abbey floor is being repaired all 891 ledger stones that make up the floor will be lifted documented and repaired.