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Jb85 said:
Looking at the discolour and the ageing of the moss…..
At sod it …. It’s never been cleaned. Merlin don’t know how to clean.

I’m taking my pressure washer next time with me. Someone want to volunteer to wheel a large barrel of water around, and a generator?
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It was repainted in 2013, again in 2017 and I think it was pressure washed again not too long ago. The problem is you’ve got mature trees around it spreading stuff around, a (presumably) untreated water supply and a structure of older porous wood where moss and algae spores have long since penetrated it. That wood being opened up is also being helped along the rare times it’s been blasted by a pressure washer. It’s the same issue with moss covered paving that often looks worse way quicker after it’s pressure washed. Unless the whole thing is actually properly treated, painted and upkeep maintained afterwards with further regular treatment and cleaning it’s just going to look even worse each time.

It’s sadly the same sort of thing we see in the theme park. Stuff that looks great at first like CBeebies, which quickly needs to be redone because it’s rotted away and hasn’t been sufficiently weather proofed. It all comes down to budget of course, short term thinking to get things looking better without any longer term thought about the improvement holding up over time.
 
I hate to say it...again...algon, 2.5 litres for around eight quid, would treat that whole thing...for a whole year, after jetwashing.
One person, one hour...twice a year.
Not rocket science, quick, cheap, effective.
And thats from an old git part timer with zero gardening qualifications, they will have a proper qualified pro around somewhere.
 
rob666 said:
I hate to say it...again...algon, 2.5 litres for around eight quid, would treat that whole thing...for a whole year, after jetwashing.
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You aren't that guy who used to play Barry Scott in the Cilit Bang adverts are you?

"Hi I'm rob666, and I'm here to tell you about new Algon Grime 'n Slime. Just look what it does to this shipping container! Bang, and the algae is Al-Gone!"
 
Craig said:
It was repainted in 2013, again in 2017 and I think it was pressure washed again not too long ago. The problem is you’ve got mature trees around it spreading stuff around, a (presumably) untreated water supply and a structure of older porous wood where moss and algae spores have long since penetrated it. That wood being opened up is also being helped along the rare times it’s been blasted by a pressure washer. It’s the same issue with moss covered paving that often looks worse way quicker after it’s pressure washed. Unless the whole thing is actually properly treated, painted and upkeep maintained afterwards with further regular treatment and cleaning it’s just going to look even worse each time.

It’s sadly the same sort of thing we see in the theme park. Stuff that looks great at first like CBeebies, which quickly needs to be redone because it’s rotted away and hasn’t been sufficiently weather proofed. It all comes down to budget of course, short term thinking to get things looking better without any longer term thought about the improvement holding up over time.
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It was definitely repainted in 2022 as well, and pretty sure it was fully jet washed this season. Here it is being cleaned before it was painted:


From: https://x.com/towersstreet/status/1518638516909096960?s=46&t=sMwQzIe0X_e3jY-eDO9i0g
 
Witnessing how quickly that feature has deteriorated after being refurbished and I’m not excusing them, but I think we need to bare this in mind when comparing AT to other pristine parks around the world with much better climates and settings.


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What's the excuse for pristine parks in similar climates?

There's just little to no budget on maintenance over the years. So stuff like this happens (and has no doubt been exacerbated by the awful weather we've had over the past year).
 
TBoy535 said:
Witnessing how quickly that feature has deteriorated after being refurbished and I’m not excusing them, but I think we need to bare this in mind when comparing AT to other pristine parks around the world with much better climates and settings.


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Any additional maintenance required due to the location of the park is their problem to deal with, not paying guests to put up with.

If they need to clean things twice as often as other places due to the colder temperatures and tree cover then they should be factoring it into the maintenance schedules, not using it as an excuse.
 
At the very least theming element cleaning and repair should be an annual job.

In my eyes, there should be a rolling program through the season too to ensure nothing looks grimey or breaks.

Seems every thread at the moment is echoing the same theme.

Lack of staff due to a lack of opex.
I don’t blame the onsite management team for that.
 
It does get dirty VERY quickly. Even after it's freshly painted give it a few weeks and it starts to look like the above.

However. There is no reason why it can't be jet washed every week or two, what would it take an hour? So there is no excuse really.
 
Benzin said:
What's the excuse for pristine parks in similar climates?

There's just little to no budget on maintenance over the years. So stuff like this happens (and has no doubt been exacerbated by the awful weather we've had over the past year).
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I don’t know any other Theme park built into a mossy forest, within a dreary and rainy climate that reaches below minus?


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We've had alot of rain this year aswell in fairness, but being the main centrepiece of the entrance, it needs to be looked after.

Just because it's built near some trees, doesn't excuse them for leaving it to rot to that extent, it's certainly not the first impression you want to give your customers.
 
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