North Stand Construction Discussion

Get a couple of those roof beams in and bit of tarpaulin a few scatter cushions and fans can sit in new stand no bother.
 
HelloCity said:
Genuinely wondering if the roof will only be supported (temporarily) by the props on the old roof. The preparation work there really does look to be quite substantial but then I just can’t envisage the old roof taking that huge amount of weight without additional support further up the new terracing.
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Shame they took longer than the battery life, but I guess it is better to get the supports in place than rush it
 
HelloCity said:
Genuinely wondering if the roof will only be supported (temporarily) by the props on the old roof. The preparation work there really does look to be quite substantial but then I just can’t envisage the old roof taking that huge amount of weight without additional support further up the new terracing.
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I think it will be both, myself. Point of contact at the old roof onto the props below, and then also further back at the terrace. I made that guess a couple weeks ago so am now sticking to it ;)
 
wolfie1988 said:
As far as I'm aware the old roof is supported temporarily from underneath using the props. These aren't actually doing anything at all at the moment as the old roof is still supported by the cable net which was transferred to the new towers.

Those prop supports look to be in the exact place where the yellow temporary structure is being added to the roof so are solely for supporting the new roof through the old roof. I could be wrong on that but it certainly looks to be the case.

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They kind of are though. Although the weight of the roof itself, or what is left of it, is supported by the transferred cables as you say, the back was removed and disconnected from the ground, so the V props are taking the flap downwards of the rear of the beam now.

You are probably right, in that at that size it is likely more than needed purely for that. And it is also directly onto actual column positions rathert than onto terracing, so could well help take the weight of the front of the new roof beams. I still think the back third would still need propped somewhere onto the new terrace. Time will tell.
 
I think the yellow props on the ground inbetween the tower and the office block will be used for more roof beam assembly.

Think the one in the middle of the city square will be for the pyramid toppers to the quadpods.
 
LeonardoDaVnci said:
One design feature that I sincerely hope has been included throughout are backup/reversionary kitchens and deep fat fryers. It should be almost impossible to run out of chips. Unlike the South Stand where the chip supply is about as stable as our back 4 after 70 mins play.
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Chips? It'll be polenta fries with a chorizo and olive gravy for the tourists mate.
 
Coatigan said:
Chips? It'll be polenta fries with a chorizo and olive gravy for the tourists mate.
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Jeeezus ! it's come a long way. Sadly, I can remember when only 3 items were on the matchday menu. Seriously stewed tea (20p), super heated bovril (20p) that would still cause 2nd degree burns on your tongue 30 mins after purchase, and Holland's allegedly "meat' pies (50p)...
 
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The model photo (from quite a while ago) provides a good visual of the roof beams.
 
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