The work began back in 2007, I think it was. In fact, it was 2 years and 1 week ago when Terry first bought the plight of the DTSGB to our attention.
To understand what kind of context all this work is in, it must be understood that the timber-built ranges date back from circa 1942 when they were used as wards for burns victim soldiers that couldn't be treated in the field. The building had suffered from decomposition of some timbers; leaked like a sieve; was draughty; had vegetation growing in from outside, and has basic WC equipment. It also smelled very musty.
This is where the Great British National Paralympic squad train, remember.
The back walls were larch lap and asbestos-clad over stud framed construction. Both desperately needed replacing because they were rotting away, allowing vegetation to grow in.
We ripped out all the larch lap and asbestos* (*under contractor) cladding as well as all the stud work on both walls. These have been completely replaced with new materials, insulated, and re-clad with exterior graded, preserved ply. This has been, by far, the largest job that we've undertaken, taking about 12 people an entire weekend working from ~08:00 to well after dark on both days.
Then we have painted the walls, fitted hot air hand dryers, ripped out rooms and made them fit for re-use for different purposes.
The roof used to leak like a tennis racquet. There was a build up of 60+ years of gunge, silt and vegetation trapped in the roof's gulley system. We've cleared all this and treated it with a resin-based sealant. The roof has been okay since, but before it was leaking so bad that there were upto 5 buckets placed underneath the leaks to collect it all. These buckets also doubled as collection buckets.
There has been all kind of works undertaken, but there's still a long way to go.
Anyone wishing to donate their time or money will experience the very satisfying feeling that we have all had from this project.
It's for shooters by shooters!!
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