Wind and water power are far from being modern renewable power sources – in many ways they were the original power behind the Industrial Revolution!
Calling on our skills and experience in both engineering and traditional engineering materials, Dorothea Restorations offers the most comprehensive mill conservation service in the UK.
Projects include waterwheels and turbines; sails / sweeps and stocks; mill shafting, gears and bearings; metal / timber hurst frames; millstone reassembly, installation and dressing; vats, horses, hoppers, shoes, damsels; sluicegates and debris gratings; metal and timber bridges; culverts and watercourses; lightning conductors; and electric drives
and water recirculation systems.
In total, our team has worked on more than 150 windmill
and watermill restoration projects around the UK, delivering
services including:
and water recirculation systems.
In total, our team has worked on more than 150 windmill
and watermill restoration projects around the UK, delivering
services including:
- Survey and feasibility studies;
- Project supervision and management;
- Technical drawings and photography;
- Paint analysis;
- Pattern marking, carpentry and joinery;
- Blacksmithing and hot-set riveting;
- Fabrication and welding;
- Machining;
- Surface preparation by vortex, dry and wet blasting;
- Application of traditional and modern paint systems;
- Millstone manufacture and dressing; and
- Leaded glazing;
