To repair the floor all the victorian pews will have to be removed.
Bath abbey floor repair.
The abbey is committed to being a place for the city and the church to gather at moments of celebration crisis and decision.
A major part of footprint is to repair the abbey s unique floor which is collapsing.
Cai mason senior project officer at wessex archaeology described the find as the most.
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This will involve repairing recording and restoring all 891 ledgerstones that make up the floor and installing eco friendly heating using water from the roman baths.
Test repairs are made to part of bath abbey s floor to allow experts to monitor if the method could save the whole of it from eventual collapse.
The bath abbey footprint project is a heritage lottery fund project to repair the abbey s collapsing floor install a new eco friendly heating system using bath s hot springs and provide new improved space and facilities to ensure the abbey is more sustainable hospitable and useable for local residents worshippers and visitors alike.
This research is essential as all 891 ledgerstones that form bath abbey s floor are currently being lifted restored and replaced as part of the abbey s footprint project to repair the collapsing floor while installing eco friendly heating using bath s hot springs.
While the abbey floor is being repaired all 891 ledger stones that make up the floor will be lifted documented and repaired.
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The stories behind the people recorded on the ledger stones will be researched by volunteers and made available to visitors.