CASE STUDY
Vicar’s Vestry all dressed up
Nottingham, as featured in our October-November 2018 issue, but that was far from the end of the work. We caught up with Phil Beckwith to find out the next challenge undertaken at the church...
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The call came later on in 2018 to do a total overhaul of the Vicar's Vestry (which was said to have been decorated well over 50 years ago by a husband and wife who were members of the church congregation). After popping down to see what state the Vestry was in, it was clear this wasn't a case of just a lick of emulsion paint. As you can imagine, being a church that is Grade I listed and hundreds
of years old, you can't just go in there unprepared. Many layers of paint had been applied over the years (but obviously not many in the last 50), lots of which were flaking and shelling off the surfaces, due to the paints that had been applied (lime wash and distemper paints to name a few), along with historic damp issues from the roof leaking. The research started on what paints and products would be most suited
to complete the job. After finding that Zinsser do specialist paints for problem surfaces, we came to the conclusion that Zinsser had a full range of paints that would see the job through from start to finish. I read one of the case studies on the Zinsser UK website of a job that
was done on the Old School House at Turo Cathedral and built my specification up based on what was used there. Whilst at the 2018 P&D Show in Coventry, we took the opportunity to speak with the Zinsser reps about our project and how it was similar to
the Old School House and we booked Colin Bird to come out and see the job to get his advice. Once he'd seen it, he was happy with the products and procedure we'd
already spec'd for the job, with the additional recommendation of using Zinsser Gardz over the walls once all the scraping and stripping back of the flaking paint had been done. In the following weeks leading up to starting the job, colours were
picked by the Church and scaffolding ordered. When we started, all fixtures and fittings had been removed and furniture all cleared out. An ideal room to work in! The plan was that the floor would be
stripped after we'd completed the painting, so while the prep was being done and scaffolding being moved around, we didn't worry too much about protecting the floor. It was easier to sweep up at night and move the scaffold around. Once the paint arrived we sheeted it over as you'd expect.
egular readers of The Decorator may remember the stripping down of the main exterior doors of St Mary's Church in The Lace Market area of
Doug Beckwith tackles the many layers of old paint on the plaster wall feature.
Ready for the first coat. Smart Strip applied, time for tea!
The Vestry as the team found it, along with samples of the colours to be used.
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Brian during his week long preparation of the wood panelling.
Stripping the ceiling rose revealed a poor quality previous repair (right).
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