He acted very promptly when concerns were raised about the safety of the wall. It was John Riley who ensured that the stretch of wall below was also rebuilt as he recognised that this was even more dangerous than the higher wall shown here.
What was a badly leaning wall is now plumb straight. A lot of work went into making sure that the soil behind would not lead it to lean again.
Further down the lane the wall was even more dangerous and taking it apart to rebuild it confirmed the engineers fears. Instead of rock fill, the small rocks on the outside had nothing but soil to hold it back.
Repairs were also carried out to a section of the wall in the middle.
What is very satisfying is that this excellent work was done at a cracking rate by builder, Kevin Roper of Ulverston - 588053. Not only is his work good but he's a very easy guy to chat with. We enjoyed his company the whole time he was working here with his mate.
A good experience all round.
How did this work come about?
Not without a fight!
It was Paul Holmes who lives opposite the first high wall that first raised the alarm by notifying the Health Centre and then writing to his Cllr Colin Hodgson at the Town Hall on Feb 10th 2010.
Nothing happened.
Nothing happened.
The Health Centre forwarded the information.
Cllr Hodgson did not receive his letter.
Paul mentioned the problem to Geoff Dellow.
By persistent phone calls Geoff traced the person responsible for the wall and contacted him by email pointing out that he had made a video of the problem and put it on Youtube.
Within hours of receiving the email John Riley was round to Geoff Dellow's house to be shown the problem.
Things had been set in motion.
Here we have the result.
What you can achieve if you try!
1 comment:
A beautiful job done. Just as well the state of the wall was brought to the attention of those responsible for it.
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