Boiler repairs

            saturday 30th January 2010 we went to our local boiler engineers yard to see the intended work that will be being done very shortly,

here are a few pics of the boiler on a jig 

                                                                                                here is a close up on the area to be repaired                                                         

                                                                                                           Same pic with area outlined

                                                                                                        Friday 12th Febuary

Following a phone call to my father with a leg pulling line that our firebox was condemed, This joke was passed to jonathan, then to me later that day, It came to light that the boiler inspector had been to see Little Stoke and was very impressed with the boiler and firebox.

So we arranged to take up pipes and taps etc for The Engineers to put the boiler together for hydraulic and steam test, upon arrival we was met by An Engineer explaining how good condition Little Stoke was underneath 40 years of rust.

Above Boot full of fittings ready for transport in Nicks Car Boot

Below we can clearly see the work carried out by The Boiler Engineers , initially they removed 2 rows of stays.

But when they did so they found extensive corrosion on the 3rd row of stays, so they replaced those too!

A close up of the 3 new rows of stays

                                                                                                            the opposite side of firebox

                                                                                                      Thursday 11th March 2010

                   Here was a great day, David hallam got a call in the morning of Thursday 11th march saying that the boiler had been hydraulic tested  

                             And in the afternoon they were going to steam test.

                                 David called Jon and Nick and myself to invite them to see this, unfortunatly i was working, but Jon and Nick were able to go.

                                      here are some pictures and video of this Great day..

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