Bray sea front railings

Calibos

Zebbedee wrote: »

It seems to have taken an incredibly long time to do a small section of the railings. I didn't see them working on it but it must have been a small number of crew. At that rate of progression it'll be 2019 before its finished!

At this rate it'll be like the Golden Gate Bridge in SF. ie. Its perpetually being repainted. It takes so long to repaint that by the time they get to the end of the bridge its time to start repainting the other end again.

sy_flembeck

fortwilliam wrote: »

I had a look at the completed work towards the harbour side.
I hate to be negative, but the work is frankly..dreadful.
There are missed spots, solidified drips hanging on the underside (from using too much paint)
The line between the railing and the "ball" on top is smudged and crossed over.
The new paint is already peeling due to the surface not being primed correctly.
Drips on the ground.

I can only hope the work has halted while they replace the contractor.

Was on the prom for a walk earlier and decided to inspect the work up close. You're right, it's absolutely appalling. Really shoddy workmanship. Pity

vince

Has this project come to and end.

B0jangles

There was a small team painting the railings yesterday but it was nowhere near as organised as the previous work - no tent for sandblasting or anything, just 4 men in overalls with paintcans sitting on the ground painting away.

Dr Strange

B0jangles wrote: »

There was a small team painting the railings yesterday but it was nowhere near as organised as the previous work - no tent for sandblasting or anything, just 4 men in overalls with paintcans sitting on the ground painting away.

Today as well. Their plastic sheet they were sitting on blew against the freshly painted railings at some stage.

gerbilgranny

I saw the four men also - looked like they were touching up previously painted railings. And the van with the name of the contractors -
from Northern Ireland - on it.

How/Where can we find out how much this project has cost so far, and the projected final cost?

Alun

If it's the NI crowd, then it's the same ones who were doing it before the 'break'.

B0jangles

I've no inside information or anything, but I suspect that the original contractor might have massively underestimated how long it would take to clean off and repaint the railings, so we're going to be left with them half done - the quick-fix job of the last few days has bridged the gap between the cleaned and repainted section and the completely untouched section, so it all looks 'ok' if you don't look too closely.

Zebbedee

The works are nearly completed now.
The new contractors have almost joined up to where the last ones finished off.
I'd say it's a lot less back breaking work too due to the scaffolding being higher and the available work space heightened.
I like the colours too as the blue is a few shades lighter.
Well done to them.