Cleaning & Blasting Archives

Oct 21 2023

Glyn Neath Former Gunpowder Works – Scheduled Ancient Monument

7 minutes of reading

Scheduled Ancient Monument Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) Special Area of Conservation Programme of Archaeological Monitoring and Recording – Written Scheme of Investigation: Programme of archaeological recording and investigation during conservation works. Record photographically and report on each structure prior to works commencing. Briefings of procedures and protocols with Main Contractor (MC) prior to […]

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Feb 27 2016

Market Hall Tower, Lytham

1 minute of reading

The Lytham Market Hall was built in 1848. In 1869 a clock was added to the original tower which was raised to accommodate the clock. In the 1890s the premises were converted into shops and in the 1950s the first floor was converted into offices. In 2016 we were contracted to clean the stone and

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Dec 8 2013

Sandblasting Cast Iron Water Fountain

1 minute of reading

This cast iron water fountain is located in Thursby Park, Burnley. It was erected as a memorial to a small boy who drown in a reservoir. We used one of our smallest sandblasting pots for this, it is capable of removing rust & paint without damaging the original surface, as it uses pressures around 50

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Jul 8 2013

Stonework Cleaning, Burnley Train Station

2 minutes of reading

On this project in Burnley we were employed to clean the Stonework of the old Train Station. We used our DOFF super heated steam cleaning machine for this. We also used our Farrow low pressure Sandblasting machine on the areas the DOFF system would not remove. The first part of the Sandblasting works involved cleaning

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May 12 2013

Lime Pointing on Grade II Listed Building

3 minutes of reading

Our Specialist Restoration Team under took this project in March 2013. The building was a Grade II Listed Building in Rossendale Lancashire. The building was to be used as a children’s home, it was previously a family home. We under took the Lime Pointing work & Stone Cleaning on the project. The first job was

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Aug 30 2012

Low Pressure Wet Blasting of Timber Doors

1 minute of reading

This project involved the removal of a build up of dirt on the old barn doors. We used our low pressure wet blasting unit, which use’s a fine media mixed with a small amount of water to clean the wood. The water suppresses the dust, making this system clean and completely dustless. The Farrow System®

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Aug 30 2012

Lime Rendering Preston, Lancashire

3 minutes of reading

On this Lime Rendering project in Preston Lancashire we were asked to remove the existing cement based render from the brick wall. After removing the cement based render from the wall we used our low pressure wet blasting system to remove the modern paint from the brickwork. The system works on the same principle as a

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Apr 7 2012

“Doff” Thermal Cleaning Stonework

2 minutes of reading

This project involved the Thermal or “Doff” cleaning of Accrington Town Hall in Lancashire for the Queens Diamond Jubilee. As a specialist cleaning contractors we used a high temperature steam system to remove algae growth from the facade of the Hall. Our specialist cleaning contractors used a large scissor lift to access the high levels

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Nov 14 2011

Dry Rot Treatment BramHall

3 minutes of reading

This property in Stockport had Dry Rot in the ground floor timber joist. The Dry-rot has started from within an area that was not on wooden floor joist. The project involved replacing the floor joist infected with dry rot, excavate the spoil for a 3m x 2m area, and apply dry rot treatment to the

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