Highlife Rope Access Ltd · Company 09904979 · Trading heritage since 2015
Active·subcontractor & consultant·Head office Bangor
Highlife Rope Access is a specialist access company dedicated to the conservation sector, combining skilled craftspeople, surveyors, and innovative access methods for historic buildings. They offer a complete package from surveying through to maintenance and repair, including CPD and consultation services. The company prides itself on its highly skilled team and their ability to find solutions to complex problems, often integrating ground-level work, scaffolding, and rope access.
Their expertise extends to detailed reporting with an in-house IHBC accredited building surveyor, and they emphasize tactile surveys combined with modern technology for comprehensive assessments. Highlife Rope Access is passionate about dispelling myths surrounding rope access in conservation and offers CPD presentations to architects and industry professionals. They also have a deep understanding of lime mortar, tailoring mixes to specific building requirements and environmental conditions.
The company undertakes a wide range of conservation work on historic buildings such as churches, cathedrals, and castles. Services include stone conservation, lime pointing, lead work, spire maintenance, structural repairs, carpentry, core drilling, de-vegetation, lime washing, rainwater goods repair, lightning protection, bird exclusion, cleaning, and specialist glazing. They highlight their ability to perform these tasks cost-effectively and with minimal disruption using rope access techniques, often avoiding the need for extensive scaffolding.
Returned to Skipton Castle to work alongside Overton Architects in the installation of 21 stone indents to the gathers on the buttress below the medieval toilet. Extreme erosion to these details had meant that the highly inaccessible buttress was voided of mortar and also required a thorough repointing as well as structural repairs.
Client · Overton Architects
Stockport
Worked in conjunction with SL Heritage Architecture to perform a full condition survey of St Thomas' Hospital. The survey was led by HLRA building surveyor Declan Cahill, with detailed reporting provided for the client.
Client · SL Heritage Architecture
Llyn Peninsula
Completed a full gutter replacement and tower roof refurbishment at St Pedrog's Church. Used rope access techniques to deliver the project cost-effectively with minimal disruption. Also renewed cast iron rainwater goods and repaired slates on the church.
Client · Churches in Wales
Anglesey
Involved in a tip stabilisation project where the tip of the spire had moved. Required a bespoke system to lift and lower the top three courses of masonry, followed by a temporary lead cap which was welded in situ. The spire was of completely solid construction.
Client · Churches in Wales
Delivered a project to install 6 CINTEC anchors into a ruined arch on the Great Tower at Raglan Castle. This was done using a bespoke scaffolding to mount the core drill, designed not to damage the masonry.
Client · CADW
Grasmere
Lime washed the St Oswald's Church in Grasmere. Worked with the client, architect, and local suppliers to match the colour of the lime wash and ensure the mix was performing as intended. A hot mixed lime wash, made on site, and applied hot.
Bradford
Surveyed this 76m chimney and provided a detailed report. Contracted to perform holding repairs. Solutions were carefully managed between the client, Bradford council, and other key parties.
Client · Bradford council
Delivered several projects over the years including conditions surveys, descaling, de-vegetation, and masonry repairs. Intimate knowledge of the building and its specific pathology.
Client · CADW
Looking after Lancaster Cathedral for many years, having helped out with two quinquennial inspections, general maintenance, and many repairs to the fabric of the church itself and cathedral house.
Returned to Skipton Castle to work alongside Overton Architects in the installation of 21 stone indents to the gathers on the buttress below the medieval toilet. Extreme erosion to these details had meant that the highly inaccessible buttress was voided of mortar and also required a thorough repointing as well as structural repairs.
Client · Overton Architects
Stockport
Worked in conjunction with SL Heritage Architecture to perform a full condition survey of St Thomas' Hospital. The survey was led by HLRA building surveyor Declan Cahill, with detailed reporting provided for the client.
Client · SL Heritage Architecture
prestigious architects practices, private estates, cathedrals, local councils, other government bodies, Overton Architects, SL Heritage Architecture, Churches in Wales, CADW, English Heritage, Country houses, The National Trust and 2 others.
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North Wales based tradesmen specialising in the conservation sector. Offering services to commercial and domestic clients using roped access and scaffolding. Their listed services include Restoration & heritage, Scaffolding, Stonemasonry, Carpentry & joinery and Roofing.
HIGHLIFE Rope Access is registered at BANGOR, LL57 3RA, in Wales.
HIGHLIFE Rope Access states that it works across North Wales.
Companies House lists HIGHLIFE Rope Access as active.
HIGHLIFE Rope Access works in Residential, Commercial, Public and Infrastructure.
HIGHLIFE Rope Access was incorporated on 2015-12-07.
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