24 volunteers reported for duty on a warm summers day. Various tasks were on-going. There were some that were coming to an end, some were changing but staying roughly the same and some are only nearly half way through.
Firstly the job that was changing, mainly going up in the world.
Last week I said that the brick layers had reached a height that could no longer be worked at and scaffolding would now be required.
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So today we had the delivery and then the erection of most of the scaffolding around the building, another half day will se it finished. This will allow the bricklayers to continue for another 3 to 4 feet. All that is now required on the next volunteers working day is the lifting of many bricks onto the new working platform!
A view of the station building from underneath the footbridge showing its surrounding scaffolding.
As the bricklayers were unable to work on the outside they moved to the inside to help Clive with the internal block laying. Here John S and Tony are being interrupted? by Paul, who keeps them steadily supplied with mortar throughout the day.
Another on-going project is the fence line on top of the east side of the cutting, 5 volunteers made steady progress today nearing half way (they can't or won't tell me where half way is but they can't be far off now). Unfortunately they have finished the first delivery batch of fencing so a wait until more is delivered.
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| Vic, Terry, Brian M and David B at the fence line and out of shot Dave is acting as fetch me. |
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Back at the footbridge one job is coming to a close. Once the cast iron down pipes have been installed the scaffolding on the south side will be taken down. Until we have sufficient funding the stairs will have to wait for another day. Looking back it was only in April when the towers for the footbridge first went up. And in those 5 months!!!!
Pete's turn to put to finishing touches of mastic around the top off the pipes, Brian holds our excess mastic rag, by the end of the day our hands matched the rag. The first drop pipe
completed and sealed they moved on to the pipe work below.
A nice sit down job in the sun you might think but it was not easy drilling through the steel legs. Brian inserting the pilot drill ready for Peter Q and after several drill bit changes the hole is large enough for the bolts to take the bracketed pipes. Dave H, with assistance, bolts it all together and the team move onto a lower hole.
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Above shows the almost finished down pipes, the north side has a temporary black tube to take the rainwater away from the base of the tower. The south side is also almost there. Hidden behind the scaffolding is a dog leg which will take the pipe work down underneath the future stairs and into the drainage pipes. Scaffolding is due to removed next Wednesday, so just one more day to check that everything is masticed and tightened up.
Around the site today the were a few odd jobs happening .
One was Mike checking roofs of the temporary buildings. First was the fencing storage tent/ hut roof. after re-stapling several sections due to wind damage he and Chris then moved over to the dumper shed to make some running repairs.
Another job was the endless maintenance of equipment, here Pat is having a rest after trying to sort out a temperamental lawn mower which runs for a few seconds that decides to stop!
Every so often we get get visitors from other departments of the GWSR today it was Andy from P-Way. P-Way means tracks doesn't it ?
Not today, Andy and Gordon were checking where the tracks will eventually be aligned but it was for the purpose of S & T, who need to know where they are going to one day install their signals.
I take it that you have predictive text on this site. Is that why you typed "masticated instead of "masticed", for if you masticate something, you chew it up ! Nevertheless, wonderful pictures of great works. Must be near to ballasting the headshunt and then you will have trackwork ! Please excuse an ex Severn Valley man, but aren't the guttering and downspouts supposed to be purple/brown in colour or was it up to station master's choice ? It is very debateable in the GWR colour scheme listing. All the very best to everyone, regards, Paul.
ReplyDeleteThe Colour Scheme for Broadway has been chosen and agreed in advance by the BAG Committee. It is
Deletebased and follows the GWR colour scheme listing.
As far as the Footbridge is concerned, it is unfinished and therefore the priority is to remove the costly Scaffolding ASAP therefore you comments re the Guttering Colour will be addressed at the appropriate time.
RB
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ReplyDeleteI'm not sure you need to bother sealing rainwater pipe joints. Perhaps it's a local requirement, but up here we leave the joints dry, so you can easily see where a blockage has occurred.
We do seal joints in waste and soil pipes obviously, to avoid spillage and odours, but rainwater leaking out isn't seen as a hazard.
Eric (RIBA RIAS)
The lawnmower problem may seem like fuel starvation but I had exactly the same symptoms with mine and the cure was effected with just a new spark plug. Good luck !!
ReplyDeleteRails are getting closer! especially if the S&T department are looking around!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Eric about the rain pipes!
St Blazey, I think your right, the ones at Burnham station I always remember being brown!
Well done everyone good work being done there. Trying to get there at the end of September, of to the North York Moors Railway in September, her indoors wants to see Heartbeat country!!