Temple Road, Dartry

What the job involved

Taken from the project's bill of quantities, grouped by the work involved.

• Extension, sun room and oriel window

  A new full-width extension with a sun room and oriel window: timber-framed columns, flat roofs, decorative parapet mouldings, air-tightness detailing and a new lead roof to the original oriel.

• Lower ground floor

  A reworked lower ground floor with cinema, Pilates studio, reading room, bar, pantry, kitchen and dining, plus laundry, boot room and plant room, reached by a new stair.

• Roofs and chimneys

  Main and annex roofs re-slated, a new slated roof over the cinema and Pilates rooms, chimneys repaired in lime mortar with new pots and brick panels, and balcony and flat-roof tiling.

• Walls and envelope

  Lime render to the annex and gables, external insulation with acrylic render elsewhere, metal wall cappings, and Crittall doors to the hall and laundry.

• Structure and ground floor

  Structural steel fire-protected and grouted, the boundary wall underpinned and rebuilt, new ground-floor insulation, liquid screed, radon barrier and sumps.

• Period interiors

  Decorative cornices and ceiling centres, bulkheads formed for the cornices, wall panelling, beading, architraves, skirtings and fireplace work through the main rooms.

• Gardens and courtyard

  Front and rear gardens rebuilt: groundworks, granite paving, curved granite steps and seating, stone garden walls, slot drains to storm water, courtyard and driveway levels, and a basketball court.

• Safety and services

  Asbestos removed safely, a new ESB meter fitted, and the old courtyard store and WC demolished to make way for the new layout.