External renovation of the North Signal box at Boat between 02 to 06 May
By Colin Frost
The exterior of the box is generally in a poor state of repair, with a good proportion of the lower half of the external cladding of the building (which consists of tong and groove boards) beyond saving, and with many of the vertical cladding strips also in need of replacement, and all needed to be replaced before any painting is attempted.
So three of us Jim Hardy, Ray Kenyon and Colin Frost of the Ellon Team commenced cutting out the rotten timber sections, which were mainly on the back wall of the building and with great assistance from Dave Childs, who provided his nail gun and also placed the order for new the half-round mouldings, we fixed replacement timber to these sections.
The timbers at the bottom of the stair case were also rotten, to an extent that the left-hand support post at the base of the stairs was in danger of collapsing entirely. A new post was fitted and further vertical strengthening added.
The store shed on the north end of the building was also in need of the same attention with the floor also beginning to collapse.
More to follow next time :-
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