Lock furniture Makers.

[magnetman]

 

Have a greenie for that. I do agree.

 

Where are you now? We are moored at Odiham Castle.

Hampton Court

[Theo]

Hampton Court

And there was I thinking that you were coming up the Basingstoke!

[RichM]

If there's any canal restoration projects near you, you could ask them if there's any they need to dispose of/replace.

Edited June 5, 2016 by Armitage Shanks

[magnetman]

And there was I thinking that you were coming up the Basingstoke!

Hoping to do it in the summer if there is enough water

[David Mack]

BW often used to dump old lock gates (but not usually balance beams) on the offside of the lock where they had just been removed from. But I haven't seen that for a few years, so I guess there has been a change of policy.

[magnetman]

I remember that too on the Grand Union but also the distinct lack of balance beams. I suppose the balance beams may actually be worth sawing down into useable timber as they are not full of bolts like the actual gates. So perhaps there is a market for them. I think some are oak but other woods such as Ekki (sp?) have been used which may be more or less valuable as a reclaimed product.

[Peter Reed]

Hampton Court

Sounds painful.

[dmr]

I suspect old lock gates are highly desirable these days, a few years ago a load went to Glastonbury festival to build a creative construction.

 

................Dave

[magnetman]

It is. I lived in Hampton Wick as a teenager

Sounds painful.

Reminds me of the old proverb

 

Man goes through airport turnstile sideways

He going to Bangkok

 

 

Edit to add a g

Edited June 5, 2016 by magnetman