ET Carriage Shed

Mainly work on the doors of the carriage shed at East Tanfield today:

Bill & Rob working on closing the gap at the side of the platform

Bill trimming a filler sheet

Dave & Steve adjusting cladding to enable fitting of a door pivot

The doors being taken outside for hinge work

Dave trimming pivots .....

..... to fit

More adjustment

Roughly aligning a top pivot

Rob cladding the small exit door

Bill & Kevin reseating a few flagstones

Dave & Steve working on each of their top pivots

Bill, Steve & Dave aligning one door ready for hinge fitting .....

..... & the other main door

Ian welding a hinge on a door frame

I'm lopping a hinge to length
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

More welding

Removing the door ......

..... for full welding of hinge straps to the frame

Rehanging with partially fitted sheeting for further test alignment