Ballantine Castings

@ness_charles @Chrisjw00 we made the standard A Type Pillar box, The large double C type and the Penfolds for many, many years

@Chrisjw00 @BallantineCast I only ever saw the name Machan mentioned so I assumed they did the whole lot.

This is my regular reminder to look at the base of post boxes - this one has the date on it! Also sometimes the surroundings can be nice as well (but never as nice as a post box! 🤪) 📮#PostboxSaturday #PostBoxADay 35/365

#engineering #castings this week for #iornworkthursday in #ductile #iron for the oil and gas sector. 1,700 manufactured in the last 5 months with many more to be exported to the Middle East. This particular batch is currently en route to Singapore

Another nice job - a bespoke, cast iron #bar for a #pub in #Dublin. Can't imagine there's a heavier bar in the world - each panel weighed 290kgs. Always fun working with #interiordesigner who like using cast iron

Another day, another half tonne #architectural #railing panel for #ironworkthursday. First of 50 for a #conservation project in Sweden.

Due to our current workload we're advising all customers that deliveries will be longer than usual @ 16-18 weeks min. We're rather excited to get casting works underway on the rebuild of the North Bridge in Edinburgh, the Temperate Palm House and the Dickson Palace in Gothenburg

It really is wonderful what the #BigBen project has done to renew and revive this mighty national symbol. Glittering, gleaming and glorious in yesterday’s autumn sun.

small job for #ironworkthursday this week - a nice #architectural streetscape in #Glasgow Supplied & installed all the panel, handrails and lighting columns

@DSM888 @MurphyNiallGLA @GlasgowHeritage These are ghastly! Why not cast iron

@MurphyNiallGLA @GlasgowHeritage This is mild steel unfortunately- going to such efforts why not cast iron ?

#MomentsofBeauty in #Glasgow: For #IronworkThursday this #FakeorFortune example of an attempt to match a set of surviving cast iron railings in Pollokshields is interesting for at least demonstrating both their value and how their aesthetic affects neighbourhood character…🤔🤷‍♂️!

@BrianDonnellyHT @heraldscotland Sadly the price cap makes no difference. It is on wholesale price only, doesn't counter the rampant profiteering in the 550% increase on the (completely unregulated) standing charge and doesn't take into account the suppliers' mark up. Will still be significantly over 40p per KWH

@heraldscotland Detail is scant and at the moment the six-month stop-gap looks disastrously inadequate for businesses

The 200-year-old family firm facing 'unaffordable costs' with bills rising from £13,000 to £120,000 per month' | ✍ Brian Donnelly heraldscotland.com/opinion/212531…

Nice new development job this week for #ironworkthursday 3 floors of #cast #iron #architectural balconies & #balustrade for a client in #Brighton

for #ironworkthursday here's some incredible lighting columns in #gothenburg love supplying #architectural #iron #castings throughout Scandinavia

exciting one for #ironworkthursday - just won a large contract in Gothenburg to replace these 450kg 3x2m #architectural #ornamental panels.

@LonMidArchSoc @dr_chrisc If you look closely you'll see 5 new sections that we cast 3 years ago!

Our walk with @dr_chrisc last night took in rare surviving elements of the 1831 London Bridge. #ironworkThursday.

For #ironworkthursday purists here's a video recording of our MD discussing the works we have carried our on the Elizabeth Tower #BigBen youtube.com/watch?v=y3cEon…

@BonesWoodwork amazingly enough we still make a few of these

#IronworkThursday Salvaged another 8 pairs of cast iron sash weights discarded on the footpath. I don't really need them but I'll look after them for the time being. Re-use Recycle #futuREuse

@MurphyNiallGLA exactly right

@BallantineCast Excellent work @BallantineCast as it looks very crisp. I take it this was to rectify the damage caused to the cast iron by the fire in 1987…🤔?

#MomentsofBeauty in #Glasgow: Caught the Ca D'Oro in the light as I was leaving Central Station and I was struck by how similar John Honeyman’s handling of ornament and scale, with restless writhing surfaces under a vast cavetto cornice, is to Louis Sullivan’s later work…🤔🥰!

very small job this week (couple of major contracts imminent) but great to see #interiordesigners using #castiron in modern settings for #ironworkthursday

@jamesbriankerr this was one of our jobs - remember it fondly. The gates were horribly heavy!

Batch of #cast #iron #columns for #ironworkthursday