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South Branch – Up on the roof *CANCELLED*
9 October 2020
**** THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ****
It will be rescheduled for autumn 2020, date TBC.
An IHBC South Branch conference exploring everything you wanted to know about roofs on traditional buildings but were afraid to ask.
IHBC/CIfA Members £40 – Non-members £65 (including buffet lunch)
9.30am Tea/coffee/registration
9.45am Introduction & welcome – Jonathan Clarke – IHBC South Branch Chairman
9.50am -11.10am Roof coverings – thatch, shingle & tile – Kevin Stubbs – Historic Building Consultant
11.15am-11.30am Coffee/tea break
11.35am -1.00pm Roof coverings – slate, stone slate, lead and other sheet – Kevin Stubbs
1.00pm-1.30pm Lunch (please notify any special dietary requirements – see FAQs)
1.35pm-2.05pm Bats in historic buildings – Joanna Ferguson – Bat Conservation Trust
2.10pm-3.00pm Walking tour looking at roofs in Oxford – Kevin Stubbs/ Emilia McDonald (Head of Conservation and Buildings at University of Oxford)
3.00pm-3.15pm Tea break
3.15pm-3.45pm Re-roofing historic buildings in Oxford – Craig Simpson – Abbey Roofing
3.45pm-4.30pm Do I need permission for that? Interactive session led by Emilia McDonald, exploring what roof works you do and don’t need permission for (LBC, planning permission, building regs)
4.30pm Conference closes