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Kerry's, Smith's etc. Aka fussy pain mills that no grower will choose supply ex farm due to the faff. Small niche mill in the GTown still I think that malts wheat?
The temperature monitoring system is fitted to the interior of the completed roof, ready for the rest of that silo to be built. The silo is from a different manufacturer to the rest of the site, so the roof vents look a bit different.
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Bingo.
Those of you who have looked at our store on google earth will see that we have 58 silos. These are of various heights, diameters and ages.
All of them are plain galvanised, with no paint or coating of any kind.
For the latest expansion the local parish council specified that the new silos be coloured to blend in. There was no mention of what colour, or what the silos had to blend in with (obviously not the other 58 silos).
There is obviously more to it, but this is a public forum.
We put together a few various suggestions with the help of an architect, so the council's planning officer could help us choose a scheme that fit with the wording (and the 'spirit') of the PC's condition.
The solution we agreed on was a graduated banding, darker at the bases and paler at the top, so from a distance the new silos will theoretically look like trees.
@Sid would like to know how many trees you are planting as part of this expansion? what the carbon footprint of all the concrete and steel is and what reuse and recycle steps you have taken please ?
looks a great project by the way
Presume they jack up ,put a ring on ,lower reset a repeat untill its at the finish heightHere is one of the mighty hydraulic jacks that will be used to build the silos.
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Presume they jack up ,put a ring on ,lower reset a repeat untill its at the finish height
So you are going higher?
That's brilliant! Great thread.They will soon be 16 rings each (and multicoloured)
This is the start of the conveyor & elevator route that will be used to fill the two new silos.
The route is rated at 100 tonnes per hour, to keep up with the driers.
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