Millom Without Parish Council

Specification for the repair of two bus shelters on the A5093; The Hill and The Green

Quotations are invited from suitably qualified builders to repair two local bus shelters. The work required is as follows:

The Hill Bus Shelter

-clear out and remove all weeds, brambles, ivy, tyres, rocks, tree stump and other rubbish from the back and ends of the shelter

-sweep out the interior

-clean the dashed front and two ends with sulphate of iron or red label hydrochloride

-renew the wooden shelf (which has woodworm) approx. 49” x 18” (This is used daily for newspaper collection by residents.)

-replace one missing glass pane with min 4mm Perspex approx.18” x 11”

-replace window putty where appropriate

-rub down and suitably repaint (topcoat BLACK) the internals of the 52 windowpanes

-strip and apply three coats of paint to the external part of the 52 windowpanes. Topcoat to be PILLAR BOX RED.

-clean the timetable frame and the bus stop sign and pole

The Green Bus Shelter

-Sweep floor and walls

-Brick up the missing mullion space in the middle of the lower half of the front façade (approx. 6” x 4” x 38”) and cover with dash to match existing

-remove the rotten right-hand window frame and replace with a new wooden one (approx. 77” x 38” with a wooden mullion (3” x 4”) in the middle of it)

- supply and fit two pieces of 6mm Perspex into the new frame

-cut out small sections (bottom left and right-hand corners) of the existing left window frame and make good with timber and external grade wood filler

-rub down/scrape old varnish as necessary; apply three coats of paint to all window frames. Topcoats: Inside BROWN; outside: top purlin (approx. 22’) and two end uprights (approx. 6’6”) to be BROWN. External window frames PILLAR BOX RED - clean the pebble dashed front with sulphate of iron or red label hydrochloride

Further information or a discussion on site is available by contacting Jeg Gray (see end)

Closing date for quotations is Friday 19th February 2021.

Quotations should be e-mailed to millomwithoutparishcouncil@outlook.com OR POSTED to Mrs Lesley Cooper, Clerk to MILLOM WITHOUT PARISH

COUNCIL Low Marshside, Underhill, Millom, Cumbria, LA18 5HA

Quotations MUST NOT be sent to Jeg Gray. Settlement: 14 days of invoice received.

jeg.gray@gmail.com T:0122977 37 33 M:07890 76 50 58

11/01/2021