Flashing

Brian had left the gate in a much stronger state than it had started, but it still wasn’t looking its best, so today they took it down again for the next stage of renovation.

First up was the sill at the bottom of the door. It was looking very sorry for its self when Brian took it off, but after removing the rotten areas he found that the wood underneath was still very hard. It was, however, too rutted to go back as it was. So Chris suggested wrapping it in lead, which we just so happened to have, so Brian set about doing that.

He soon had it shaped and ready to be fitted back on the door.

He added another piece of wood to cover the start of the lead flashing.

Then it was down to me to remove the loose paint, and sand any rough edges.

It’s looking much better now, just a bit of filling to go, then it can be painted in situ.