On December 16, 2010 the restoration process on the roof over the 18th century building was completed. The building is used for drying paper, and is a part of the Museum of Papermaking building complex. The title of the project was: \u201cDuszniki Zdr\u00f3j, Museum of Papermaking building complex: renovation and restoration of the roof construction and the exchange of the wooden shingles and sheathing of the drying building \u2013 faze II\u201d. The restoration works, worth over half a million zlotys, were financed by the grants from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and from the Lower Silesia Voivodeship Government, as well as from the Museum of Papermaking\u2019s own funds. The renovation project was made by the Projects and Expertise Office CCI, LLC from D\u0142ugo\u0142\u0119ka near Wroc\u0142aw. Lech J. Engel, Eng. D. was the author of the project. The work was executed by the Castellum, company from Wroc\u0142aw, specializing in renovations of historic objects. The supervisory inspector of the project was Maksymilian Gutfreund M. Eng., and on the museum\u2019s side the project was supervised by the vice-manager Joanna Seredy\u0144ska M.A.<\/p>\n
Initially the rafter reinforcement was planned to be an exchange of some of the beams and all of the shingles. During the work, it turned out that from the southern side, the ridge \u2013 one of the most important elements of the building construction \u2013 is almost completely rotten. The replacement of the 18.8 meters long beam running through out the whole building turned out to be a very complicated and time consuming operation. It was impossible to completely remove the beam, therefore it was divided into four parts. Each fragment after removal was immediately replaced with a new one, and than the next section could be done. After taking out the first segment, the decayed part proved to be a suitable environment for wasps that arranged a large nest for themselves over there! Another factor that made the work difficult was the weather conditions \u2013 very unfavorable this Autumn.<\/p>\n
After the completion of the renovation the Museum of the Papermaking building complex has got reinforced roof rafters and a replaced roof covering. We hope that the investments worth about 1.5 million zlotys (the roof on the paper mill was renovated for almost 1 million zlotys in 2009) will secure the objects for near decades. The durability of the new shingles chipped from larch will depend on the correct conservation, therefore the next year we are going to cover the shingles with proper impregnates and fireproof measures.<\/p>\n
It is worth mentioning that the renovation works done in 2010 did not limit the tourists\u2019 access to the expositions, and the museum was operating like usual. During this time, all enterprises took place as planned (3 temporary exhibitions were prepared and a large conference was organized). It was a great achievement of the museum employees and the contractor\u2019s team.<\/p>\n
Maciej Szymczyk<\/p>\n
Manager, Museum of Papermaking<\/p>\n
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