Jeffrey Radford

Our builder, Jeff Radford, has advised that these gaps will not interfere with the passing of final inspection from the Building Inspector. He has suggested we wait one year for the shrinkage of these weatherboards to be completed and then fill in the small gaps between them with “No Gaps”.
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Jeffrey Radford, a Life Member of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd., recently worked with a team of volunteers at the Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, West Sussex, England. A 1862 coach house building was re-constructed using the green sandstone to form the walls for a new Meditation Hall. The roof framing was constructed from English oak obtained from the Monastery’s own forest, using a 500 year old English barn technique. This technique uses mortice and tenon rather than nails. Jeffrey and the group used Masonite I Beams shipped from Sweden, as this is the only country which makes them, to raise the roof 300mm. The Masonite I Beams were fixed to the top of the English oak frame then covered with sarking boards and the cavities filled with insulation. This project took the volunteer group three weeks to complete and about 1 million Australia dollars to finance. This group contributed to the finishing construction of a Meditation Hall for the Temple using 21st Century technology. This Meditation Hall is designed to last over 300 years, preserving a place to practice Dhamma. Jeffrey and the other members of the group made much merit by contributing to this project for the Chithurst Buddhist Monastery. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu.