Faith and Maintenance

Why do we put ourselves through such difficult times?

Keith Underdown

Phase One: Repairs c. 1999-2000

Funding• c. £85,000 paid mostly from church funds (sale of

church hall)Work• West Window, all clerestory windows and lower windows

as necessary removed, re-leaded and re-installed.• Exterior troughs to aisle roofs taken out and re-leaded.

Aisle roof tiles removed, aisle roofs repaired and felted, tiles put back and replaced where necessary.

• Structural repairs to the north side of chancel arch.• Re-plastering and re-decorating of internal walls of nave

and aisles

Phase 2: St Teilo Arts Project 2002-2010

• External Funding• £35,532 Arts Council Wales,• £7,025 Prince’s Trust/ Entrust, • £5,000 Garfield Western Trust, • £1,000 Church in Wales, • £500 Atlantic Foundation

Rehearsal space

• Rehearsal space• Nave pews made moveable.• Choir stalls made moveable.• 90 rehearsal chairs provided.• Choir stalls made moveable.• Theatre-style dimmable lighting to

nave and choir.

Improving Accessibility

• Conversion of priest’s vestry into male and female toilet blocks, with storage above.

• Major associated exterior drainage works.• Disabled ramp and handrails to west end doors.• Provision of a disabled ramp and widening of

entrance to back of organ and vestry.• Fire escape with handrails to new tower exterior

door, and glazing to window.• New gate to Woodville Road entrance opening

inwards.• Provision of sound induction loop

Utilities

• Porch– New glass screen and doors to main Woodville Road entrance.

Leaded windows installed to make watertight.– Electricity supply to light. – New notice board

• Electrical– Provision of new main distribution board to church. – Main cable and distribution board to vestry and new toilets.– Provision of power sockets in the aisles.– Emergency lighting. Fire escape signage.

• Internal– Screens on rear wall moved forward to provide storage space

at back of church.– Provision of cupboards in vestry.

Disabled toilet (2004)

• Funding– £5,000 St Teilo Arts

• Work– Replacement of original disabled toilet

and enlargement of room to current regulations.

– Reversal of exterior door to open outwards.

–Modification of external ramp to allow disabled access

Porch repairs (2007)

• Funding– £4,900 St Teilo Arts

• Work– Re-leading of west gutter. – Replacement of tiles and ridge. – Repairs to roof timbers. – Repair/replacement of floor slabs. – Replacement of downpipe.

Electrical works

• Funding– £2,000 St Teilo Arts

•  Works– Ongoing phased replacement of electrical

wiring. – New main cables and distribution boards to

boiler room and organ. – Extra electrical sockets to rear of nave and

organ. – Re-use of old organ-blower box for electricity

cupboard for safety.

Pigeon works & internal re-decoration (2007)

• Funding– £3,600 Church funds, donations, St Teilo

Arts

• Work– External works to prevent pigeon entry

into chancel roof space.– Internal scaffolding and painting to east

wall to repair pigeon damage.

New fire exit/ Community Gardens (2009)

• Funding– £1,700 BIFFA, and St Teilo Arts

• Work– Creation of new opening in wall to

Woodville Road and installation of new gate.

– Paved area. – Seating area.

Railings (2009)

• Funding– £500 CADW

• Work– Painting of external railings and gates.

Side aisle floors and heating system 2010

• Funding– £31538 St Teilo Arts & Church Funds

• Work– Complete replacement of wooden

elements of side aisle floors– Provision of 3 replacement heaters– New gas main & heating pipes– Associated Electrical Works

Nave Floors & Associated Works (2011)

• Funding– St Teilo Arts £8000– Church Funds £15000– Anonymous Donation £1300

• Work– Complete replacement wooden elements of Nave floor– Provision of 8 floor mounted double electrical sockets– Renovation of tiled areas re-using tiles where possible. New tiles

“distressed” to match– New carpeting at rear of nave and play area (paid for by an

anonymous donor)– New loft ladder– Removal of three overgrown trees in garden and heavy trimming of

shrubs– Repair of large hole in guttering on South side– Clearing of low-level gutters

Regular Maintenance/Mandatory Inspections

• Annual inspection and servicing of boiler• Regular inspection of electrical

installation• PAT testing of mobile electrical devices• Inspection of Fire Extinguishers• Fire Risk Assessment• Organ Tuning & Maintenance• Garden Maintenance• Gutters and downspouts

What’s Still to Do

• About 30 items remain from last QR• Penetrating Damp• Need to upgrade heating system further• Sort out drainage• Organ Restoration project

Let’s take a walk and look

Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet

Religious Constructs throughout History

• Cave Paintings– Go back 30000 years at least– Found on every continent

Religious Constructs throughout History

• Megalithic Tombs

Religious Constructs throughout History

• Pyramids

Religious Constructs throughout History

• The Temple

Religious Constructs throughout History

• The Pantheon

Religious Constructs throughout History

• Celtic Llan

Religious Constructs throughout History

• European Cathedrals

Religious Constructs throughout History

• Victorian Revivals– Paternalism (e.g. Oxford Movement)• St German’s• St Margaret’s• St Mary’s the Docks• St Teilo’s

– Nonconformist Revivalist Chapels• Tabernacl• Ebeneser

What’s behind all this?

• Sense of the “numinous”• Sense of the afterlife• Sense of Community• Places of refuge• Self-aggrandisement ( Boo!)• Giving glory to God (Hurray!)