It's too warm for cladding.....

Take it all down lads....

Don't say that or Mr BIG will come after you with a shotgun!!!!!!!

As the Cladding is now going on I thought I would add a few pics I took a couple of hours ago.

West stand showing that there is still quite a bit of the frames to be fitted.









The North West corner of the West Stand has drill holes in the vertical columns for brackets to be fitted to enable the cladding to go on



close up showing the drill holes



East stand showing Brackets.

Note that one of the brackets is different.(2nd one down from the top on the nearest column) This is for the cross bracing which is attached to the back of the actual terracing. Its to give the vertical columns more rigidity to stop them flexing on a windy day.



In this pic you can see one of the brackets for cross bracing attached to the vertical support holding up the terracing, just below the angled support



Finally the north stand showing a bracket



There doesn't appear to be as much of a requirement for cross bracing of the north stand, No doubt due to the fact this stand already has substantial strengthening in the middle of the stand to support the lifts to the disabled viewing platform.

I was there this morning Tuesday will see cladding being fitted, slow at first because of flashing that needs to be fitted at the top, then it will be quick.
Mentioned my talk with the engineer on Redvee, he was saying that the North West corner, the corner without the scoreboard, the corner that wont be cladded, the ground/foundations is to be strengthened, it will then be strong enough to clad that corner, if the club wants to.

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Looks good. Is that the holy type of cladding? It doesn't look like it?

If it gets too hot the club will have to install paddling pools.

Wasn't the perforated cladding idea discarded after the structural survey found the stadium could support the full cladding.

It's not perforated cladding. It is exactly the same as the existing cladding on the south stand.

Looks a lot better with that on!

More pictures here. www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/3246

More pictures here. www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/3246

I've not seen so much excitement over an erection since..............










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I reckon the West Stand should start chanting something like 'It's too bloody hot in here' on Friday night, just to test the Chairman's resolve in his promise to shoot anyone who complained it would be too hot with the cladding ...

Looks good.

What people don't realise is that's it finished

Those pictures of EMc are hilarious. Good on him!

Heard a rumour there is a Wigun scarf inbetween the cladding with Brigantes wrote in marker pen on it

'We're getting too warm
We're getting too warm
Take down the cladding
We're getting too warm'

Saints just tweeted a pic from inside the west terrace. Looks like that end is virtually finished.

Looks really odd! A good 'odd'.

Took some pics from earlier today

View from Tesco's



West stand isn't completely clad yet



So far only one section of cladding has had the black trim added to the top of it, so even were there is cladding fitted, there is still quite a bit of "tidying" up to do.



One section of cladding sits proud rather than flush with the stadium.This is in the corner of the West stand.
Also note how one section has black trim fitted between the cladding and the breeze blocks, while another section has yet to be done.





Onto the East stand now

This pic gives an indication of the steelwork that's been added to the stand to help provide structural strength to support the cladding




Quite a bit of the framework is already up and in place



A photo now taken from Mcmanus way



I suspect that by the Warrington game both ends will be fully cladded, with just the North stand to be completed.

Is the North Stand being done?

Yes.

Looks pretty good.

Considering how much they have done so far in a week, they may well be onto the North stand come the Wire game.

Was there any appreciable notice of the volume, last night?

No.

It's not going to be a good test against London, against wire we should see a better test