Med 037a Pendrich Steeplejacks Survey of 307 ft chimney at Brunner Mond Lostock 1993

Not for the faint-heated if you don't like heights - Steelplejack here earning every penny of his fee! A few glimpses of the Trent and Mersey canal and parts of Lostock Works

[@chipper442]

Pointing (no pun intended) out all the flaws in the very thing your ladder is attached to..... you must have trouble walking with such large stones. You guys are on another level all together.

[@fraser5754]

If you hear his command of the english language terms of his trade you'll know hes not got the intellect to worry about it at all. He's a Scottish red neck with his brain painted in heat resistant paint and requires pointing in the right direction before he falls off the feckin top two courses

[@bartonbank2531]

​@@fraser5754 the irony of a person pointing out someone else's lack of intellect with such a badly spelt comment is priceless

[@fraser5754]

@@bartonbank2531 what is it that's spelt badly? Are you sure you've got a basic knowledge of the English language?

[@jagmarc]

I would had thought when the wedge of an iron dog hammered in the weight of half a ton of bricks above bearing down holds it in securely

[@union310]

Been nice to have seen the repairs completed.

[@nananagasaki8344]

'I cannae believe how damp and weak this brickwork is... I'll just attach ladders to it going up 300 feet'

[@Resistculturaldecline]

Lolol, I've always wondered the same. Big cracks, crumbling mortar, loose bricks, and they just hammer the dog spikes in upward they go.

[@adriancarter825]

No way on this planet would I be able to go 10 foot up never mind the full height hats off to these blokes , especially the legend himself Fred dibnha

[@mickmackem1479]

Some people criticize me for saying I had few pints before climbing

[@adangerousidiot]

20 foot is my limit and I'm sticking to it......oh how the year's have flown bye

[@TheTreegodfather]

I've been as high as 240' in a redwood tree. And there's no way I'd do his job.

[@Tuberuser187]

"You only fall off one these the once, one wrong move and then half a day out with the undertaker"

[@dambuster6387]

3OO FT long way down enough time to say your pryase

[@flailios]

Fred Dibnah

[@buck3655]

My Legs Have Deteriorated To Rubber Watching This 🤕

[@doctorsocrates4413]

Bugger that..i would sooner go down 300ft in a coal shaft than this...i can do scissors and pickers but not this..different discipline altogether..tons of respect for you guys.

[@graememorrison333]

The worst bit appears to be the *new* brickwork section at the top!

[@stugill4513]

very intresting i wonder if that stack is still up or if is been pulled down

[@oxyfee6486]

Houses there now,another commenter said it’s gone.

[@stugill4513]

@@oxyfee6486 cheers david

[@oxyfee6486]

Canada says be safe my friend.

[@pmacc3557]

Just to go up there is well impressive 👍💪

[@arlenmargolin1650]

Well I'd want to make sure my insurance bill was paid up before I tap into one of those joints whoa

[@ASQUITHZ9]

What it needs is 20kgm of Semtex

[@raymondlidy5918]

The new Fred Dibnah

[@porkchop803scwilliams9]

What is he saying

[@master_Blaster91]

Scottish

[@mucf9961]

Basically it is a death trap lol

[@swaneknoctic9555]

@@master_Blaster91 He is speaking English, not Scottish Gaelic.

[@master_Blaster91]

@@swaneknoctic9555 he's speaking Scottish

[@Harbaksh1234]

The stuff of nightmares .. Men like this (Mr Dibnah), are cut from a different cloth! MY GOD!!

[@binshotalot]

"thanks for the free estimate, but my mate down the pub, says he can repoint it for 50 quid"

[@michaelfarrell8962]

Legend has it that he is still repointing, to this very day.

[@coldspring624]

Started pissin my self at 60 feet at 180 me pants was overflowing......at the top I am crying.....and I am just watchin on the tube...lol

[@dbryant4]

Hahaha good one! Made my day.

[@doug1570]

This Scot has my complete admiration. I can't even imagine how I could do what he does for a living. Hope he is well paid. Is the brickwork bad? Just pop up and have a look for your self. I'll take you at your word!

[@0ptimal]

Really hard to watch. Like I can feel the fear in my knees feels like when you bite something really cold n it hurts your teeth. How tf are these guys so trusting of that ladder and how it's attached, and themselves. Unbelievable. Makes me really grateful for the ground

[@thelastdetail1]

"at 307 feet, every brick appears to be loose, no mortar or binding, let´s just jab mae chisel innae it and wrench it aboot a bit...."

[@nadavegan]

and then walk about on top of it.

[@Ickie71]

@@nadavegan

[@Hammerandhilt]

I used to have a clear view of these chimneys from my bedroom window as a kid, used to love the sight of them. I was only 5 years old when this was filmed. Sadly they are no longer there and the plot they were on is now being turned in to a modern incinerator which looks horrendous.

[@ivoredwards3021]

That chimney no longer stands, they’re building houses there now. I live nearby

[@TheTreegodfather]

Dang.

[@pmacc3557]

Thanks for the info. Did they drop it Fred's way or tnt?

[@ASQUITHZ9]

good it was knackered

[@stephenmatura1086]

As ye can see at the 300 foot level where my ladder is attached to, the mortar is in poor condition and the brickwork is very loooooooooooooooooooooooo…!

[@antigoogleman1135]

Part of the industrial revolution history.. I think big fred hated to topple them.

[@xreconusmc3156]

Fred my grandpa would climb dis like u were going to dah beach. Long live my pah. R. I. P.

[@antigoogleman1135]

Long live your pah..and you and your "oh stop,it hurting my ribs"comments.

[@xreconusmc3156]

willythewave he would climb 300 foot stacks and walk around the top of the smoke stack like he was at dah beach

[@stevewoodward7850]

@@xreconusmc3156 Respect ma man innit.

[@stevewoodward7850]

@@xreconusmc3156 trouble is bro da beach aint 300 up on di clouds man.....

[@glennpowell3444]

Cricket. I didn't realise just how much up draft these buggars create! How these guys do this I just don't know.I have a good head for heights but this I watch glad to be sitting down on Terra firma.!

[@jimcameron4672]

"Nothing but soot & fumes binding this mortar", awesome

[@johngell4842]

Well done lads reminds me of my days at Santon steeplejack We used to scare the shift out of engineers with our reports Nice to see steeplejack working as they did pre 2005 regulations

[@Scientist538]

I'd also like to know

[@OneShot_G]

@@Scientist538 I am not sure but I belive it has to do with the way they put ladders and scaffolding up.

[@stevewoodward7850]

Wow, these people have nerves of steel and deserve every penny they earn!

[@jackwardley3626]

you wouldn't want to ever spend any money doing this shit for a living turn you into a right tight bastard

[@ASQUITHZ9]

And hearts like Lions!

[@garymckee8857]

No way I could climb like that,just watching is bad enough.

[@ftollan]

i have a loose crack after wincing throughout this vid...

[@oddities-whatnot]

So basically, the chimney is fucked.

[@paulbest2203]

I re built a chimney this week ,respect for the brickies who built this one . Scary stuff

[@Steve-bo6ht]

When your ladder is fixed to a chimney and your start pocking a trowel in and find no mortar would fill me with sheer dread

[@union310]

Think how many thousands of tones are pushing down on it, its going nowhere.

[@stevewoodward7850]

@@union310 fair point but thats at the bottom....what about the bricks that are falling out right at the top???

[@union310]

@@stevewoodward7850 The ladder is fixed beneath them

[@stevewoodward7850]

@@union310 Freds ladders are fixed bottom and top...whats to stop it toppling over??

[@union310]

@@stevewoodward7850 You attach the last ladder to the former and stake against the chimney within arms length of the top of the former. Then proceed to climb and repeat as you climb.

[@TheTreegodfather]

"Looking down you can see..." Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope. Nope.

[@jimbilton1956]

Ha Ha, my thoughts too!!

[@roobear78]

video translation "aye its fucked"

[@naui_diver9290]

Fred how I miss ya mate....

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

I wish I could do this kind of work, it looks awesome but I just can't do heights. I can't go no higher than TV towers

[@Rustyhandbanger]

Tv towers...are pretty tall. You do do heights lol

[@duncanmcdougall9358]

I dedect a hint of sarcasm there

[@geoffm9944]

Frankly, it seems that almost the whole bloody chimney needs repointing! I would have liked to see how it was done.

[@jimbilton1956]

Me too, and how did they deal with all the loose bricks and capping at the top? How long would it take?

[@jackwardley3626]

@@jimbilton1956 would have took bloody ages on shite money

[@geoffreydavies6570]

I had a numbness in my ankles at about 60ft watch that don't know wy,I think that they we're telling me no further geoff so I stopped ha,ha.

[@adriancarter825]

😂when he gets to the top and he’s poking his chisel into all the loose bricks 😱 my arse fell out , no way could I do what they do .

[@paulgibby6932]

What about on the other side of the chimney ( where the ladder isn't)?

[@Jungleland33]

Have these bricks a curved profile or are they ordinary rectangular shaped?

[@seanpolmacdonaill9578]

Just normal brick the chimney would be measured for the brick to form the radius which gives the chimney it's round shape

[@Ickie71]

First time ive watched a survey of this type, very entertaining.

[@jarikinnunen1718]

I haven`t se any ladder. In top section of chimney wasn't secure place to fasten ladder. It miracle that it stand still.

[@bigbird2672]

I was on site when this was going on and the site foreman in charge was asking the steeple jacks about the condition of the chimney, so they said to him come up and have a look for yourself, they were gob smacked when he said "yeah no problem" and up he went

[@BradBrassman]

Did they drop it?

[@smittenthekitteninmittens2679]

i second that question!

[@daiburt1833]

The subtitles are fantastic

[@Ickie71]

😂 After reading this i had to check and they are the worst subs ive ever seen!

[@stanislavjohn6156]

i could never do this

[@swingmanic]

Now this really scared the shit out of me!! 😆😆

[@Northyorkspaul]

Respect!..Great film and camara for back then.

[@neilburlingham8892]

Balls to that mate just tell em everything is ok

[@johnbowkett80]

I'll do it for £250 . 👍

[@captaincat1743]

I love watching these vids because of that dropping feeling- I get in my stomach. It's like going on a rollercoaster.

[@Martyfartini]

Metre centres, is that ladder for little people then?

[@Stop..carry-on]

Very interesting line of work

[@Scientist538]

Sad to hear this chimney is no longer standing, hard to imagine the work that must have been undertaken to maintain the thousands of chimneys we once had in our nation and the output we had as a nation as a result of the works that the chimneys were for. We owe our forebears so much, I wish we could renew that old national spirit we once had. I feel like in the last decades we have squandered and wasted what was given to us, our nation betrayed by its political leaders.

[@benjurqunov]

They had to go. Chimney stacks and industrial prosperity promote racism !

[@jimbilton1956]

Very true. I'm proud of Britain's industrial past, but so sad that much of our manufacturing has gone.

[@tootsrr1]

Just imagine the peoples Lungs who work near the Chimney.... they would get a nasty headache from a falling Brick

[@Neil-Aspinall]

These insane men should have been paid 10,000 pounds per job but I'm sure they got just 30 shillings?

[@stuartwallace6154]

Fuck that one scaffold board no handrail you can keep that job boys

[@bigears4426]

You'd scaffold the hole thing now

[@martymartin2894]

Poking at these loose bricks. What if a section of bricks fell off it could take them with it.

[@barnholbol1262]

Anybody notice how the tone of his voice stays exactly the same as he ascends?

[@pmacc3557]

Is it still standing?

[@brunnermondfilmarchive9651]

No, long gone I believe

[@tomrobins_aka_fartinafit]

The question is, did our Fred have the honour of flattening this behemoth?

[@smittenthekitteninmittens2679]

it seems they were talking about repair and not flattening thankfully

[@DallamTMD]

This chimney is no more as of 2019 from looking at Google maps

[@djc4509]

Fred would do a chimney like that on the way home from the pub

[@thomasrobinette3227]

@@djc4509 yes, yes he would.

[@youtubeisfullofspam7068]

@@djc4509 For a part for one of his Steam Engines ! Lol

[@09weenic]

This guy is just as good as Fred Dibnah as he’s filming and doing an in depth commentary of the work required

[@Ickie71]

They are both Pro-Steeplejacks.

[@mickmangles8000]

oh did you wamt cement in it ???

[@cp-md7nk]

Im ready for a pint''

[@geoffhobster5814]

top is rotten and dangerous requires a lot of work to make safe

[@raywright2401]

Uhm... can i get a translation?

[@porkchop803scwilliams9]

Me 2 wtf is he saying,,I though my drinking was effecting my hearing

[@master_Blaster91]

@@porkchop803scwilliams9 he's speaking English for you non English speakers

[@master_Blaster91]

@@markpaddy3280 and you will get a glesgy kiss ya wee baw heed Ken what I mean

[@triple6758]

It's fooked mate.

[@swaneknoctic9555]

@@markpaddy3280 he didn't call him English, he said he is speaking English.

[@paulsymons7643]

Big bollox. Hats off to you fellas. I used to be a tree surgeon. F@#k going up there.🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣