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New Office!
Introducing SUKR’s new Branch! Peter & Adam Gobbett will be heading up our new Manchester office. With over 15 years experience in the concrete repair industry Adam Gobbett will take the position of Senior Contracts Manager. Peter Gobbett will take the position of Survey & Business Development Manager, with SUKR now providing ‘Cost Certainty Concrete […]
Window Replacement Scheme
SUKR have been involved in a number of window replacement schemes for various companies. This particular example comes from a project we have been working on in Nottingham. Various properties in the area have been getting new windows and doors installed, as a result, lintels and cills have required repair and support. This is an […]
Remembrance Day Clean Up!
Granville Park Memorial in Aughton was in need of a clean up before the Remembrance Day services this Novemeber. Specialist UK Restorations arranged to undertake these works free of charge for Aughton Parish Council. Aughton is local to both of the company directors at Specialist UK, so they felt this was a good opportunity to […]
Stockport Concrete Repairs to Cills and Heads
Specialist UK Restorations are currently on site in Stockport, working for Stockport Homes. Concrete repairs to cills and heads on various properties in the area are being carried out. @SikaLimited 610 and 615 are the chosen repair materials. The defective concrete is cut back and then replaced to match the existing line and level
Case Studies
Westborough Methodist Church, Helifix Sock Anchors
The present building of Westborough Methodist Church dates from 1862, and is a Grade II listed building in Scarborough with large ashlar front and a Tetrastyle Corinthian portico with heavy entablature and pediment.Certain stone blocks within the architrave of the entablature had shown considerable signs of movement over the years, due to differential/thermal movement and […]
Hartley Close
As part of an on-going maintenance programme to Liverpool Mutual Homes housing stock, we were employed by Housing Maintenance Solutions to stabilise 18no. brick bin store annexes on various properties within the Anfield area of Liverpool. The existing raft foundations upon which the brick bin store annexes had been built were inadequate and had subsequently […]
Britannia Mill, University of Derby
Britannia Mill is a Grade II listed building at the University of Derby. SUKR worked on the restoration of the large facades. The mill has now been transformed into one of the universities most prominent buildings. SUKR were instructed by J Tomlinson to carry out the 1300 /m2 facade restoration works which included, brick cleaning, […]
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is a collection of Grade I & Grade II* listed buildings and a Scheduled Ancient Monument dating back to before the 1200’s. It is home to the only intact crucible steel furnace in the world. SUKR has been working closely with local conservation officers to rebuild and restore a number of chimney […]
