The plan was so simple. We were going to go to Read, near Burnley, Lancashire, with our big truck and grabbers. Then, just take away a phonebox from the side of the road. Simple! The local parish council had put their disconnected phonebox up for sale, and you never know when you’re going to need …
We’ve been fitting a chimney with dog cramps, sometimes known as coping cramps, or simply cramps. Almost like big staples, they hold masonry together by being bedded into the stonework. Our director Phil was on top of a country house in Lancashire to show you what they are, and how to fit them. The bespoke …
What’s the most fun piece of kit we’ve got? That depends on who you ask, really. As seen in a recent video, our director Phil will probably say it’s our brand new forklift. For our freezing office staff, probably the radiators. For some though, it’s the powerwasher. And it’s easy to see why, with powerwashing …
Earlier this year we started poking our cameras into, under and between the faces of our team on site, capturing their wonderful workmanship for posterity. We always have multiple projects on the go at once so we’re never short of action to capture. This summer has taken us through some Yorkshire barns, Darwen Tower, Halifax …
This timelapse video shows the work undertaken between July and September 2020 as UK Restoration Services carried out conservation work to three bridges on the Rail Trail, just north of Beck Hole in the North York Moors National Park. These bridges once carried the Whitby-Pickering railway over the Murk Esk river but since this was …
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Lime Harling Application Video UK restoration Services have recently completed the application of Traditional Lime Harling at St Oswalds Church Warton. This followed on from reconstruction and consolidation of the gable wall which had become unstable. The Church is over 600 years old and located 20 minutes north of Lancaster. Traditional Lime Harling is a …
Chimney Restoration Time lapse on the North Elevation of Burnley Town Hall The UK Restoration Services Roofing and Masonry teams have been working at Burnley Town Hall since the New Year, undertaking much needed restoration work. The Town Hall is over 120 years old and is a Grade 2 Listed Building. The chimneys sting courses …
The UK restoration Services team has recently completed consolidation work at Pontneddfechan Gunpowder Works in south Wales. The work took over 39 weeks to complete and has seen the historic site transformed into a national landmark and welsh heritage site. The Glynneath Gunpowder Works were establish on the site in 1857 to produce black powder for …
