Harold Court Road
Following damage to the recently refurbished Harold Court Road subway under the A10, caused by an arson incident involving a motorscooter, a Rhinoceros team have now completed repair works. The incident had damaged the anti- skid surfacing, ceramic tiling, anti graffiti coatings as well as intumescent coatings on the soffit. These have now all been re-instated as new, along with the installation of new drainage guttering.
Fires, graffiti, vandalism and wear and tear prompted TfL to order major refurbishment works, starting in November. Some of the worst damage had come from two motorscooters which had been set on fire in the subway, resulting in flames shooting out on both sides of the road.
And old French rolled asphalt surfacing was removed and a new 50mm waterproof concrete screed laid. The fire damaged anti-skid coatings was removed from the barrel floor using a concrete planer. A new anti-skid surface was installed.
Over 750 damaged wall tiles were removed and replaced, and protected with a new anti-graffiti coating. Badly damaged coping stones to the parapets on both sides of the subway were repaired. A galvanised steel chicane was installed at the bottom of the Western ramp to slow any cyclists, and to inhibit illegal motorcycle traffic..
Step overlays were re-fixed where these had become loose from wear and tear and frost damage. Puma Grip anti-skid coatings were also applied to the landings. Parapet railings and handrails were cleaned, abraded back to sound paint or clean steel, primed with a zinc rich primer followed by an intermediate coat HA item nr 116 and finished in Ral 7032 using a two pack polyurethane HA item nr 168. The subway soffit was cleaned, repaired and coated with Steelguard 851 intumescent paint to provide protection in the event of another fire. Finally the blast cleaned and repaired tiled wall surfaces were coated with a clear anti-graffiti glaze. All paints supplied by PPG.
