Maintenance of steel chimneys annual inspection of steel chimneys UK
Structural steel chimneys and flare stacks need to undergo maintenance inspections every year to ensure their safe operation because of both their height and the nature of their construction.
Stone carries out NDT thickness tests to plate work and chimney stack fibre, including welds, bolts to flanges, base plate mountings if the structure is free-standing, support steel work and guy rope systems.
All inspections are in line with HSE guidelines GS53.
Areas covered include: -
- Inspection to GS53
- Fabrication & erection of roll ring damper systems
- Surface preparation
- Painting
- Welding fabrication
- Aluminium Cladding
- Insulation
- Guy wire Servicing, wind load calculations, renewals
- Refractory repairs and rebuilds
- Steel linings
- Lightning Protection to new BS EN 62305:2006 standards and Cenelec Codes.
