Roof Renewal 2010
Following a winter of indoor bowling where matches had to be cancelled due to water ingress, it was pretty clear that urgent maintenance was required on the club house roof. After several committee meetings and an Emergency General Meeting, the Council of Management gave the go ahead for an entire new roof. From the photos below, it was quite clear that this was an absolute necessity. The new roof was financed by a maintenance fund, generated by a maintenace levy which was imposed on the fees of all members for a total of ten years. Along with an interest free loan from a long standing member of the club, which was paid back in 2011, the project was part funded by a grant awarded by Awards for All Scotland. Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme funding small, local community-based projects in the UK. Since 1994, 28p from every pound spent by the public on lottery tickets has gone to good causes. As a result, over £27 billion has now been raised and more than 317,000 grants awarded. Below is a brief time line of the work to replace the roof, as well as a selection of photos taken during the 3 weeks of construction.
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27th April John Duncan Roofing Ltd arrive onsite and commence works. All scaffolding erected on front and rear of clubhouse. |
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28th April The alum corrugated sheets are removed from the rear pitched roof. The full extent of the damage is revealed. The plywood was rotten in several places and holes had appeared in the worst affected parts. |
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29th April Work commenced with fitting insulation. Half the flat roof now completely covered with new rubber coated decking |
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30th April Work started on replacing facings/gutters. 4th May - 6th May New Planwell sheeting delivered to site. Work continued on flat roof . 7th May Flat roof ready for liquid rubber to be applied. |
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10th May Front side of pitched roof completely stripped of alum sheets revealing many more areas of rotten plywood - these were all replaced |
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12th May Back side of roof stripped of alum sheets, not so much rotten plywood here. Arthur Murrison arrived to lift down the old alum sheets and lift up the new Planwell material. Alum sheets to be removed by scrap merchant. |
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13th May All alum sheets now removed from both front and rear of pitched roof. Pitched roof now completely covered with VP400 material. |
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14th May
Skip for alum sheets arrived. Thanks to Jim Beagrie, Jim Downie and Norman Hepburn for their labour. 17th May Pitched roof now completely sheeted. |
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18th May Baffles being fitted to direct roof water run off to gutters. Skip of alum sheets uplifted. Flat roof completed and disabled toilet end of building facings replaced. |
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19th May Far end gable facings completed. All gutters and down pipes fitted. Scaffolding dismantled. 22nd May Invoice received - job done. |
Below is a slide show containing a compilation of photos from
throughout the three weeks of construction works
throughout the three weeks of construction works