I was just wondering that.. Hingeectomy in case of further visits by AAA? Or are you going to take it down to them and lob it through the windscreen..?
The hinge pin was in good shape but the bit that was recessed onto the stone had rusted just enough to expand and fracture some of the sandstone. It has done the same thing on the other side.
OMITN, the listing and regulations? We used a lime and sand mortar as per original, I don’t think there is much more we could have done to conform.
We did consider hanging the endless chain winch from the tree but the nearest branch looked barely strong enough to support just it’s weight.
The gallows allowed to lift and reposition the big stone with no drama.
We moved the capping stone along the coping stones on an ingenious broom handle roller system where the capping stone sat upon a short scaffold board, with the rollers running upon another board. It was frictionless and steerable.
It was great working with Ken and Friend, usually I do these projects on my own and have to find third, fourth, fifth and six hand solutions using G clamps and props. Working through the problems we found some very simple solutions which made the job a lot easier and all the more rewarding to share in the restored Karma at the end.