What is Dry Rot? In short: Dry Rot is a living, growing fungus that loves damp conditions and timber. If you have wood in your house, it needs to be sufficiently ventilated to prevent growth. What Does Dry Rot Look Like? It starts with spores invisible to the human eye. They are everywhere and constantly […]
Lime Pointing Continues Work at Scartho Cemetery has been steadily progressing. The very top of the steeple is undergoing repointing with a lime mortar mix. With the steeple at a height and with a ferocious sea breeze, the weathering is very noticeable. Being exposed to the elements has eroded a lot of the previous mortar
One of the biggest jobs over the end of 2021 and the start of 2022 was the restoration of Darwen Tower. Environmental Issues We hit a couple of snags along the way, some of which related to environmental activity across the moors. We’re always very conscious of not disturbing nature wherever possible (see: bats currently
Taking The Mullions Out Summer may have ended but the work continues as Stonyhurst College. Our stonemasons are hand-carving brand new stone mullions, ready for installation. The wind is really picking up on the scaffold; hard to believe temperatures hit over 40°C on-site a couple of months ago. We created a video last month about
For most of 2021, we worked on a project in Nunwick, near Ripon, North Yorkshire. A barn had developed a serious lean and was in serious danger of collapse. We went in and completely stripped it down to the rotten foundations, strengthed them and straightened out the building. We gave it new slates, a brand
We’re a few weeks into our work at Scartho Cemetery, in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. In August we landed on-site and got going with setting up a compound and pulling up the tiles to investigate the groundwork. Our friends at K&I finished the scaffolding on the chapel allowing us to get up to the top of the
St. Peter’s Church in Rylstone is a Grade II Listed building near Skipton, North Yorkshire, in the Diocese of Leeds. There has been a church on the site for centuries but the current building dates back to the 1850s, when it was restored. But in that case, restoration meant almost complete demolition and rebuild by
We have secured a project for the next few months over in Lincolnshire which we’re very excited about. It’s a revisit to a place we’ve worked on before – Scartho Cemetery, Grimsby. Previously we’d done some drainage work, but now we’re back for a full three-building restoration! The story was first covered by the Grimsby
Ribchester Bridge History And Listed Status Ribchester Bridge is a Grade II Listed bridge between the villages of Ribchester and Dinckley in Lancashire. The bridge is coming up to 250 years old, having been built in 1774. Although, this crossing point has been active for millennia. The nearby ancient Ribchester Roman Fort was built in
Core Drilling Most people will be familiar with drilling. Normally, domestically, it’s using a hand drill to put up shelves or some other chore you’ve been putting off. Core drilling though, is a different beast entirely. Core drilling is on a grander scale, for drilling many metres into a building or other solid. A hand
Last month we brought you our first video from Chorley. We had started work on the steeple and were bringing it down in small tiers. If you need reminding of that, do check our recap in the Videos section of the site. But since then we’ve been hard at work on the whole exterior of
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
