How much wood is Notre Dame?

Carpentry experts say rebuilding Notre Dame as it was will take 2,000 cubic metres of wood, requiring about 1,500 oaks to be cut down. The cathedral’s roof contained so many wooden beams it was called la forêt (the forest).

Is Notre Dame de Paris rebuild?

After more than two years of cleaning and stabilization work, France’s Notre Dame Cathedral is now ready to be rebuilt. The news was confirmed this weekend by Rebâtir Notre-Dame de Paris, the task force charged with restoring the 850-year-old Gothic structure, in a statement on Facebook.

What type of wood is Notre Dame made of?

Some 1,000 oaks in more than 200 French forests, both private and public, were chosen to make the frame of the cathedral transept and spire — destined to be admired on the Paris skyline for potentially hundreds of years.

How much of Notre Dame was destroyed?

Most of the wood/metal roof and the spire of the cathedral was destroyed, with about one third of the roof remaining. The remnants of the roof and spire fell atop the stone vault underneath, which forms the ceiling of the cathedral’s interior.

What was lost in the Notre Dame Cathedral fire?

The first immediate loss in the Notre Dame fire came when the cathedral’s iconic spire collapsed after being overtaken by flames. The fire also destroyed the cathedral’s roof. The extent of the damage to other artwork and relics housed inside the cathedral is still unknown.

What materials were used in Notre Dame Cathedral?

Construction Materials of Notre Dame The church itself was built mainly from limestone, wood, iron and lead.

What kind of wood was the Notre Dame building made of?

Credit: From Notre Dame De Paris/Maurice de Sully association The wood frame structure supported a roof, made of lead, that weighed 210 tons. The lead frame had the advantage of being fire-resistant, according to the National Library of France. But the wood that supported that lead roof is what burned.

What happened to the materials that fell from the Notre Dame Cathedral?

If the materials that fell from the top of the cathedral — stone, wood, iron, lead — are not studied, he says, the opportunity lost is “even worse than what the fire has caused.” The day after the fire, L’Héritier and art historian Arnaud Ybert of the Université de Bretagne Occidentale in Quimper, France, formed the association of scientists.

Why does Notre Dame have a forest under its roof?

The “forest” of Notre Dame was one of Olivier de Châlus’ favorite places. That dense lattice of timbers under the building’s lead roof epitomized the medieval construction techniques that the engineer has spent years analyzing. “There was a very special wood smell, very strong, coming from the Middle Age,” de Châlus says.

How do you redo the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral?

The complex carpentry work under the roof of Notre Dame cathedral about a year before the fire. All of this must be redone with new wood and new support stones. (Bernard Hasquenoph / CC BY-SA 4.0 )