old mill wheel

What about using cheaper sycamore hardwood instead of oak. That George chappie CH4 followed a couple who fully restored a mill in Northumberland and it looked amazing when done. Old wheel new wood slats.

 

...and you need the water, but not still water...

 

cheers for the comments
Metal parts of the wheel very good,remove green growth (lorry clean,pressure washer)not much surface rust the pic above is the worst, it will wipe of with a rag must be good steal, give it a paint job done.
Mechanism afraid gone long time ago

sycamore wood be real nice i've a couple of bits in the house,thinking its larch thats on it i'd better use the same as its listed,going to paint though but what color sp?

 

I don't think you'll be able to get hold of Larch easily. Disease is running riot through them all over the country and we have lost large plantations of them here, sadly.

What are you going to paint them with, actual paint or some type of wood protection?

 

Larch seems to be no problems up here as yet, trees seem to be having a hard time with disease off late heard ash is being hit too.just going to paint the metal "do fancy red but green would be easy'er to live with and sell", do like to see the wood in the wood so some form of protection.
Thank you as this almost went to the bottom of the list,needing a jcb to dig up the drain,there is a couple of other bits i can do

 

Yes, ash are suffering to, also conifers.

I think you're right to go with green instead of red, it's easier on the eye. Or perhaps a dark blue.

 

Food for thought dark blue,the building would probably have wooden painted windows still works but gutters and drain pipes suggestions on a postcard.
sneaks in pic of sycamore half way down the drive,could be as much as 200 years old,is that way cause grown in a wall the wall never suvived

 

The building also needing a lot of work

 

The mill and its wheel will look great when they're finished and the walls and stonework look in pretty good condition.

 

Well after a bit of inspiration thanks all,i've visited this bit of wall,was a no go area due to brambles,nettles,weeds trees

feel a bit like an archaeologist under ground surface drain, bramble growing out of the wall seemed to be indestructible

hopefully i've got it

and a bit of loose stuff,put a prop up that stone looks heavy didn't fancy lifting it back up,it has been moved by tree roots but it'll stay where it is

lime mortar, with a belted in with handbrush finish

i'll post up how i mixed it if there's interest

 

That looks a whole lot different mr c. What will you do with the middle of the wall where the supporting post goes in, will it need replacing?

 

Aye Sheal the post is still there as i'm not finished the wall, only supports itself it'll be fine with out, been getting some heavy rain showers inbetween the drizzle,only have the before and before pics of the other side

didn't look to bad apart from one or two small trees growing in it,been cutting back growth for years they seem to be more hardy where you don't want them to grow


this will be why you can see through the wall,tree roots still in there just cut back as far as good wall looks like better weather tomorrow

 

It's amazing how much damage roots cause, the wall has crumbled quite a bit this side. You'll be able to look back at your pictures in years to come and enjoy the transformation you have made.

 

Yea pics are good should have taken more in the past,done a lot of work but find it hard to see what's been done.
Was a better day

 

That looks a lot better!