Working ( volunteer ) for English Heritage

[srw]

I suspect it will be because they have to use specific materials and techniques to be in keeping with the original period and experienced approved specialists for the work.

Quite. And the joinery trade alive. I'm sure that if someone came to them and offered their skills at a reduced rate and could evidence a lot of work in heritage restoration and showed that they were training apprentices and understood all the relevant planning and H and S regulations they'd be interested.

But an unknown volunteer is a high risk option. Not only might they be a complete cowboy but they're also taking livelihood away from the known highly skilled trades people and contributing to the diminution of skills they'll need again.

 

[Cuchilo]

Quite. And the joinery trade alive. I'm sure that if someone came to them and offered their skills at a reduced rate and could evidence a lot of work in heritage restoration and showed that they were training apprentices and understood all the relevant planning and H and S regulations they'd be interested.

But an unknown volunteer is a high risk option. Not only might they be a complete cowboy but they're also taking livelihood away from the known highly skilled trades people and contributing to the diminution of skills they'll need again.

Hmmm you must be the risk assessment manager of an office Maybe read the opening post before getting all high and mighty I'm not expecting them to just hand over the keys and say crack on with it .
Anyway i'm going to pop down there today and see the house manager , see how that goes

 

[srw]

We're talking about a multi-million pound lottery-funded refurbishment of a Grade 1 listed 18th century building for a major national heritage charity, which until very recently was a governmental agency, overseen by a heritage architect, where planning permission has been in train for at least 2 years.

Do you think:
(a) they'll appoint a main specialist heritage restoration contractor who will appoint sub-contractors based on competitive tendering, including taking references from previous heritage projects on which the sub-contractors have worked, or
(b) the local site manager will give the gig to any old Joe who rocks up and claims to be a joiner?

 

[Cuchilo]

I guess we will find out , the meeting went rather well thanks for asking
While there one of the rangers said hello and said the benches that i rocked up and fixed a few years ago are still in use around the park .
Be careful where you sit ye of little faith

 

[Pale Rider]

I guess we will find out , the meeting went rather well thanks for asking
While there one of the rangers said hello and said the benches that i rocked up and fixed a few years ago are still in use around the park .
Be careful where you sit ye of little faith

Seems to me you have a story to tell - the guy who made these new windows used to live here.

I can see a pic spread in the English Heritage magazine in the offing.

 

[Cuchilo]

Seems to me you have a story to tell - the guy who made these new windows used to live here.

I can see a pic spread in the English Heritage magazine in the offing.

I was telling them where everything was as i grew up there in the 70's and 80's i knew every inch of that park and had been into all the places little boys shouldn't go They think there is a hidden airraid shelter in the park but i'm sure there isnt as i would have found it . I found the ice house they now have uncovered .
There is an air raid shelter but its on next doors property ( that was probably part of the park at some stage . )

 

[tom73]

The Op is not wanting to take on large aspect's of a muti millionpound project. It's just a few window frame's providing he can make them to the given spec and using the same techniques. Can prove he can do work to high standard of craftsmanship. Meeting the heritage officer requirements should not be a issue. A agree with @Pale Rider they love a good back story. All add's to the story of the house which english heritage are alway's looking to add to to.

Common sense approach would give him the spec , make one get the ok from english heritage and see how it go's. The fitting can alway's be done by them so it's fitting is also true to the heritage. That alway get's round a number of H&S as delivering some frame's is not an unsafe activity.
The worse they may ask is he sign's up as a volunteer but EH don't make that too much of a task. English Heritage are now more than ever looking at new way's to do thing's as they not longer get government funding. As a member I hear about stuff all the time plus giving an once over the account's

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Best of luck seems a win win situation to me, hope bureaucracy doesn't get in the way

 

[Cuchilo]

Thinking about this over night and there are some good points raised about who i am and if i can do the work . So this morning i sent a cheeky email to a rather well known architect that i have done some work for asking for some form of endorsement from him . It cant hurt .....

 

[Cuchilo]

and a reply saying of course i will .

 

[Cuchilo]

Well that worked out better than i thought it would .