PTSG Makes Crumbling 300-Metre Chimney Safe
A steeplejack and rope access team from PTSG Building Access Specialists Ltd was mobilised immediately to attend the site. Using ladders and temporary access cradles, a full inspection was undertaken to the 300-metre-high chimney. This enabled engineers to remove any potentially dangerous concrete from the external shell. Once this was removed, a programme of repairs was effected and is now being carried out.
Steeplejacking is a highly specialised niche technique, often practised and perfected over many years. It is used to maintain and protect structures such as church steeples and industrial chimney stacks, carrying out repairs to masonry, carpentry or paintwork, as well as cleaning and sandblasting.
Today, PTSG is the market leader in the high-level maintenance industry, servicing clients worldwide, carrying out work to various building elements such as chimney stacks, cooling towers, flare stacks and other high and unconventional structures.
The industry’s most famous exponent was Fred Dibnah who, having mastered his trade repairing chimneys, became aware of the demand for a cost-effective method of demolishing them. He presented a number of television series in the 1980s and 1990s on his steeplejack work as well as the industrial revolution and its mechanical and architectural legacy.
PTSG is highly experienced in working at power stations, of which there are over 2,000 in the UK – including eight nuclear power stations.
To talk to one of our specialists about your building requirements, please contact:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | 01977 668771 | ptsg.co.uk
Click the article to enlarge it.
