Painting the Windmill on Willesborough Hill

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Using rope access and steeplejack techniques to paint, maintain and repair a windmill may not be an easy task.



But it is certainly more financially and visually favourable to scaffolding.



Our conservation team achieved stellar results here, giving this stunning Sussex windmill; a quintessential piece of English heritage, a refreshing lease of life.



View our blog post showing how our recent project went.


The MillWalkers – Dismantling the Sweeps of a Beautiful Windmill

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We recently were contracted to carry out high spec wood repairs to the sails, or ‘sweeps’, of this beautiful windmill and private home.



The spec was to include chopping out failed wood sections, replacing with external-grade plastic wood, painting with wood hardener to any softening wood, sanding down, lining with external-grade mastic and painted with a base coat to the limit of the allowable budget.



Day 1 on site, tools in hand, the specification was about to change dramatically.