WEEK 15 - Day 56 Painting, Wrapping, a Delivery and a Visit

Our warm and dry autumn weather broke over the weekend with heavy rain, cooler air and strong wind. To give the salt pan time to be cleaned down and dried off the painters from George Boocock Decorators Ltd moved from painting Pan 5 to painting our new fence.
All the leaves from our mountain ash trees were stripped off leaving only a few berries for the starlings.

Phil and Simon carried on constructing frames to attach sheeting to in order to keep out the worst of the winter weather. Much to our surprise the new delivery of sheeting material (which comes from Sweden!) is green and not clear. even though the supplier states that it is the same as the first delivery!

Manufactured in Manchester our new steel gates have started to be delivered for installation later in the week.
They will be painted black after they have been set in new concrete bases.

The work to install them wil feature during the rest of the week.

Henry Thompson dropped in at lunchtime to look at the progress since his last visit. He was taken through the warehouse floors on the new scaffold access platforms. It is some years since he last stood in front of the crushing mill located in Warehouse 4. Henry dismantled this mill from its earlier location in Warehouse 2.
He brought with him a faded black and white photograph of himself standing in front of Stove House 5 during its construction. Henry is shown standing in front of the roofing boards which are stacked ready for nailing in place on the roof. Click on the images to enlarge them.

WEEK 4 - Day 16 Visit by Henry Lloyd Thompson

The former owner of the Lion Salt Works, Henry Lloyd Thompson visited the site today to see how our restoration works were proceeding.

Henry built Stove House 5 in 1965 and we wanted to show him the plans to dismantle the building and re-erect it on a new foundation. This will preserve the impressive roof construction which was built by a local company from Pickmere, Curbishleys.

Ground works continued to grade and clear the site. Contaminated soil and rubble has been taken from the site to designated landfill sites following our waste management plan. Cement asbestos sheeting from the roof areas has been contained and bagged for safe, controlled removal and disposal.

Scaffolding has been completed up to the eaves on the south and east elevations of Stove House5.
This provides a safe working platform around the walls, but also braces and supports the walls. This will be essential when dismantling begins. The building will begin to loose strength as the roof structure is removed. Follow the dismantling process during Septemember and October.