The whole frontage of Boots was taped off with Police Incident Tape this afternoon - anyone have any knowledge of what was going on?
Boots - Problem
- Thread starter Barrie Yates
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The council asked the police to tape it off. Apparently there is some loose masonry on Boots
So now the town centre is falling down as well! Will it never end?
What do you expect?
If you don't look after your Boots you will end up will end up with no sole.
The facing tiles at the top of the apex are lifting off so the whole frontage of Boots is fenced off - prescription are available at the rear of the store.
Maybe Marks n Sparks will let them have a bit of there shop for a while?
(See picture in previous post)
That 'crack' from the centre window to above the right hand window looks interesting as well. Obviously the motar has failed but it looks as if there is some displacement as well.
Looks like the place is falling apart - better have a word with the guys who built Rome's colliseum their motar seems to be passing the test of time.
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I reported that problem 8 years ago when I was store manager there. Those windows are in the staffroom and were leaking in badly way back then. If they haven't acted on the very obvious problem in all that time it's no wonder they now have a structural issue like that.The water was coming into the building from above the windows, I would suggest the roof has failed and the rain has got into the brickwork, frozen, expanded and then thawed.
I think it may be quite a while before you have a Boots again, I'd think that whole frontage will have to come down.
The stains on the brickwork, the apex bricks moving and the crack shows how bad the problem is.
The signs that were up today said 'business as usual'
Oops, wrong again!
That's good news. Is there another entrance or have they put some sort of safety structure up?
The scaffolding is quite a structure and you gain access to the chemists from the left under the poles and planks.
Reckon it's not too bad, all the facing bricks will need to come off and be reinstated. After the roof and cavity is made weatherproof as per Lindsay's post.
From what I was told last night they are using the rear door, which is down the ginnel inbetween that building and what was the phone shop, basically through the loading area and in the goods door! I'd have my doubts about that if it was me as that door is the fire exit also.Glad its not my responsibility.
There are no linking doors from either of the stores either side.Unless Specsavers are letting people walk right through and use their fire exit!
That would tie in with the last pic in post #10743 in this thread.
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f73/today-in-pictures-61576-717.html