Yeah I'm sure I can manage that wee bit of mortar. It's this that's worrying me:
2020-03-15_10-38-07 by The Pingus, on Flickr
Glad you're enjoying your course
Thread resurrection - not the mortar in the 1st post, but this entrance platform here.
This *finally* got ripped down today and replaced with a galvanised steel jobbie. It's also been a bit of a saga. Richardson & Starling recommended I got a structural engineer to look at it back in lockdown mk I. Finally got his report in August. He offered me 2 options with a recommended firm for each.
1 was concrete repair of unknown lifespan.
2 was galvanised steel replacement (which I prodded for).
His recommended firm for quote 1 (concrete repair) got back first with a quote for £11,000! (At which point I was thinking OMG what is the new steel one going to be).
Eventually firm 2 gave me a quote of £2500. Been waiting for them since November and they've just done it today, hooray.
Pics tomorrow when it's daylight and not pishing with rain.