WEEK 10 - Day 39 Dismantling Brickwork

The east gable brick work is being taken down today. This supported the east gable timber framing which was removed earlier in the programme. This wall is three bricks thick, unlike the other three walls which are only two bricks thick. Also the mortar comprises a hard concrete mix, so it is taking longer to remove.
Another sunny day, after a cloudy start. Excellent for getting on with the work in hand.

The removal of the wall provides easier and safer access to work around the salt pan and to have easier access inside the remains of the stove house. The interior is really poor condition, mostly the depredation has been caused by vandalism by intruders over the years in which the site was abandoned.
Four scaffold towers are being constructed at the east end of the salt pan. These will hold the pan temporarily whilst it is shot blasted and painted.
During next week steel girders, delivered yesterday will be inserted under the pan and the whole structure will be lifted and turned through 90 degrees.
The remains of the furnace will be dismantled and recorded before the pan can be returned to its original location, but replaced at ground level.