Sandwich Windmill

Good progress this Sunday, the pictures pretty much tell the story....
The tank was seperated from the bund which was cleaned out (smelly) & contained a surprising number of snails (why would they want to live in there?). What little oil was left in the tank was pumped out & photos were taken of the damage with a view to getting it repaired.

This later turned out to be far from cost-effective!
We are now back to thinking round the problem further, one only hopes the thieves have spent the few pounds they would have recieved from the oil they stole wisely? I would hate to think that we've been put to all this trouble for nothing!!!

The hoist in the workshop proved really useful again as we seperated the tanks...

The camera inside the tank (above), the blue hose is from the pump

Later in the morning materials for the repair of the cap were delivered, two pieces of Elm, cut for the ribs or curb & one piece of oak. The winch was used again!

Sandwich White Mill

Before we could do much more we need to move the old tank which had been damaged by the thieves who stole the oil. The pictures tell the story of what was about an hours work...
We now need to empty out the last of the oil & work out what to do next... repair? replace? new? used? siting? screening? security?