Work on the Church Apse

After the complete repointing of the north facade and the transept, the masons are now working on the radiating chapels of the abbey church’s apse.

They must start by removing the superficial cement joints that prevent the masonry from breathing, then clean the stone and all its crevices.

These operations reveal broken stones or stones in a state of superficial decay. The stonemasons will have to replace them.

Then, the joints must be redone with lime mortar, filling all the significant hollows that formed when the chapels no longer had roofs and the masonry was exposed to weathering and frost damage.

Around some stained-glass windows, almost all the stones have been replaced.