John Wright Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Rog said: Not tiles, sheet lead. The roofs of such buildings are lead. Part of the restoration was replacing roof lead. The roof is wood framed, huge beams, supported by a forest of props, dressed outside with lead, but sitting above the stone fan vaulting. Hopefully the stone vaulting survived and protected the interior space from flames. Danger of damage in that sort of structure is temperature and dripping molten lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 some of the stone vaulting had failed but it didn't look to bad on the beeb........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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the stinking enigma Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Be a nice place to build some apartments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Awful and mesmerising to watch the images. Not religious myself, and despite woodys comment I don't live in Notre Dame, but I do think it would be a shame to lose such a beautiful building so I am pleased to hear that the main structure has remained intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 hour ago, manxman1980 said: Not religious myself, and despite woodys comment I don't live in Notre Dame, not now you don't quasimodo........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Do we know for a fact that manxman1980 lived in Notre Dame, or was it just a hunch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Trigger’s broom. The Lady will continue. Truly tragic, but she has gone through similar in the past. Some roofer or restorer may be feeling sick to their stomach today. Goodness knows how being responsible for that feels. Terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, Chinahand said: Trigger’s broom. The Lady will continue. Truly tragic, but she has gone through similar in the past. Some roofer or restorer may be feeling sick to their stomach today. Goodness knows how being responsible for that feels. Terrible. Wasn't the same roofer that did the Mt Murray was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul's got wright Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Reports of other churches in france being damaged, including this article https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2019/4/10/is-it-a-story-if-french-churches-are-vandalized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul's got wright Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1102958/christian-persecution-france-catholic-church-christianity-religion-edouard-phillipe-isis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I guess we can assume that the conspiracy theories have started already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 It does look as though enough has survived to be workable. Like China says, Trigger's broom - bit like the Cutty Sark. There does seem to be a recurring theme with lack of care in renovation work. Glasgow School of Art comes to mind. Anyone know a good roofer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I've often wondered why they don't make more use of fire retardation techniques with ancient timbers, particularly in treasured iconic monuments. Surely that must be possible? Too late once it's all fooked. http://openarchive.icomos.org/1656/1/Conservation_of_Historic_Timber_Structures-2.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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