The Anderton Boat Lift is a two caisson lift lock linking the Trent and Mersey Canal and the River Weaver. The boat lift was built in 1875. It was in use until 1983 when it was closed due to corrosion. Recent restoration work was carried out and the boat lift was re-opened in 2002. The […]
On this project we applied a roof to a newly built extension and made vital repairs to the existing roof. The house extension was constructed to the same dimensions as the existing house. The original farmhouse has a stone slate pitched roof. The stone extension was constructed to the same roof-line as the existing farmhouse. The
This project involved the repair of a leaking slate roof in Burnley, Lancashire. The Stone Slate Roof on the Listed Farmhouse had been re-laid by a another contractor only 4 years ago. But due to poor workmanship the Stone Slate Roof was Leaking. Our roofing team are experienced in all areas of roofing, Stone Slating,
This listed building in Bolton-by Bowland had water ingress issues caused by then cement based pointing used. The problems with using a cement based mortar for pointing traditional sand stone buildings are that the cement mortars are hard and not flexible. As the listed building moves thermally during the winter and summer months the hard
