Re: Re: Dublin Historic Stone Paving disbelief

Historic paving disbelief in Lower Gardiner Street !!

On Thursday last week some DCC operatives replaced the granite surrounds to two coal hole covers. Admittedly the granite was very badly broken up. Whats been put back however is quite tragic.

The hole in the centre of each granite slab was obviously the wrong size- so its been “adjusted” using an angle grinder (chop marks clearly visible). The old cast iron cover is then held in place using an inch wide band of silicon. Not an original method as far as I can remember. The silicon appears to be leaching into the granite.

It would have been better not to bother.

I wonder if this stunning detail will appear in the soon to be published DCC historic paving manual ?