Renovations Diary: 23rd August, 2019
It’s easier for you to come down and see the progress rather than try to explain it. We cannot do it enough justice to be perfectly honest. The tradespeople and volunteers have really put in a shift this week to make a giant step forward.
The main parts of the bar have been built, including using the 300 years old cedar timber for the top. It was prepped, cut and installed. Finally a layer of oil has been added with further coats later today. The beer pumps have been installed and the lines are going in.
The bar carcass
Preparing to cut the cedar
Bar top now added
Bar almost there
You may have seen on Facebook that Lino Len and the team have laid the oak flooring. Also Lino and Barney laid the floor behind the bar itself. Unfortunately a lot of it is covered for now until all the other work has been completed.
The new floor
Volunteers laying the floor
Lino Len and Barney
Cutting a fiddly corner
Lino Len laying the floor
Finishing the floor
Levelling the floor
Laying behind the bar
The Gents is no longer a storeroom and the floor tiling started. Tony has been beavering away all day on it and fingers crossed, he should finish it tonight. That allows the plumbers and electricians to finish it in the next week or so.
Tony laying tiles
Nearly finished
Bar top now added
A drainage specialist came on Wednesday and has successfully cleared the main drains. Kelvin has been in today and cleaned the portaloos out ready for the weekend.
We decided to keep one of the chimney breasts as brick, the same as the feature walls. The guys dug out all the old mortar and prepped the bricks. Alan and Gerry then came in and did the pointing to make it look the same as the other walls.
Showing the new flooring
Ready for pointing
After repointing
Still a way to go with it but we do have fire surround already. This should be a working fireplace when it is complete and add a warm feeling to the bar as well as looking fabulous.
Here are some other photos taken during the week.
Emergency exit sign going up
More painting by Izzy
Plastering a chimney
Temp bar was set up (again)
All the rubbish was moved
More painting by Liz
Collecting a donated piano
Checking the piano out
Bar just before opening
Ian marking out his spot
Platerboarding in the school
Laying the floor
Bar just before opening
Behind the new bar