Refurbishments to the internal areas of Iddenshall Hall Care Home, Cheshire.
Iddenshall hall is a 24-hour residential home that provides for elderly people. The home is a carefully adapted farm house dating back to the 16th century with a homely feel. It was essential the team completed these works in order to enhance this home-from-home feel for the
residents to ensure they can receive the best care possible. Refurbishments to the live care home were completed in three phases consisting of alterations to bedrooms, dining areas, lounge and conservatory as well as nurse stations, assisted bathrooms and toilets and corridor areas. The required roof works were carried out prior to the programme. Including erecting scaffolding to strip and re-roof the areas above the dining room and chapel. To ensure safety the area was fenced off with heras fencing with a skip and chute in the fenced area.
Risks
With the residential home being live and providing for patients with dementia. It meant the team needed to carry out the works with minimum disruption for the residents, staff and visitors. They also provided access for all building users which was safe and away from the major works to the building.
Challenges
As the building was built in 16th Century, this meant potential challenges would arise. However, the main challenge with old building is asbestos is found, this wasn’t the case for the care home. There were just examples of older building styles which needed upgrading to the requirements of building regulations today for example a lintel was found with no support underneath.The works were completed on time and within budget leaving the client happy with the works.
