by Southampton Lighthouse International Church | Mar 23, 2018 | Building
The shiny new top roof is almost complete. There was a little more work than initially predicted – this seems to be a commonly emerging theme… Although we were lucky with the rafters and most of the woodwork, nearer the edges of the roof there were a lot...
by Southampton Lighthouse International Church | Jan 14, 2018 | Building
The windows were ordered and being manufactured, that left us a few weeks to try and clear out the centre of the building. We needed to be able to access the upper windows from inside so they could be sealed in. This was a big task. Lots of internal rubbish, the 3...
by Southampton Lighthouse International Church | Dec 14, 2017 | Building
We have had a huge amount of help from our church community along with finding some fantastic contractors who have been so far involved in the project. With the internal clear out I have been really thankful to a group of people who have volunteered huge amounts of...
by Southampton Lighthouse International Church | Nov 14, 2017 | Building
As the days grew shorter and darker we had our first issue to overcome. The scaffold started going up quick and as we got a closer look on the lower roofs. They were well and truly rotten. This meant they would not cope with the weight of the scaffold needed to access...
by Southampton Lighthouse International Church | Oct 15, 2017 | Building
At the start of November there were finally some signs of change and development from St Matthews as the scaffold started going up. However, this doesn’t mean we were not busy in the run up to this visual work. There were more surveys to be conducted,...