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KVPT’s Patan Darbar Earthquake Response Campaign - Work to Date - September 2016

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Top Left<br />

Planking, marine grade plywood,<br />

and waterproofing membrane cover<br />

and brace the roof structure. Wood<br />

battens are installed in preparation<br />

for copper roofing.<br />

July, <strong>2016</strong><br />

Top Right<br />

Carpenter and metal craftsman install<br />

wood runners on the <strong>to</strong>p roof.<br />

Coppersmith lays and reassembles<br />

existing gilded metal sheets including<br />

copper eave corners.<br />

July, <strong>2016</strong><br />

Bot<strong>to</strong>m Left<br />

To allow the his<strong>to</strong>ric gilded copper<br />

<strong>to</strong> be retained, new sheet copper<br />

roofing panels, overlapping his<strong>to</strong>ric<br />

copper corner eave, will in turn be<br />

covered by the damaged, gilded<br />

his<strong>to</strong>ric copper sheet roof panels,<br />

which cnnot be repaired.<br />

July, <strong>2016</strong><br />

Bot<strong>to</strong>m Right<br />

New sheeet copper is installed<br />

with screws on the <strong>to</strong>p tier roof<br />

before the reinstallation of existing<br />

his<strong>to</strong>ric gilded copper sheets.<br />

July, <strong>2016</strong><br />

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