Renovations Diary: 2nd August, 2019
With the pub being closed for a couple of days earlier in the week allowed us to doing the plastering above the bar and the surrounding pillars. A lot of square metres and very awkward corners to be covered. At the same time, we opened up the new side door and got that in place; it just needs finished off. A new guttering was added in front of the doors to prevent the bar flooding.
The windows to the front were completed and painted. All that is left to do is to add the "frosting" to make them blend in with the rest. Chris, the specialist electrician, spent a lot of time connected up the new mains in the stable - we are getting closer to having real power to the pub!
And the kitchen ceiling was pulled down too, chairs painted, the stone at painted by our youngest volunteers yet, wires and windows stripped, and much more too. It's difficult to cover it all here.
Tearing down the kitchen ceiling
![By Adrian and Alan](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-02.jpg)
Ground floor neatly painted
![In the new Swan colours](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-05.jpg)
New side door
![Re-used old front alcove door](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-08.jpg)
Putting in the guttering
![Bosco and Tony at work](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-07.jpg)
Our youngest volunteers
![Preparing the stone cat for painting](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-12.jpg)
New mains distribution boxes
![In the stable](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-15.jpg)
New windows, new paint - looking good
![Front side where alcove door was removed](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-06.jpg)
Tony building new door frame
![One of the professionals making the new door frame](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-03.jpg)
Ian Gray, our miracle plasterer
![Been hard at it most of this week](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-09.jpg)
Ailish and family came in
![Painting the old stone cat](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-13.jpg)
Miranda and Bez sorting out the world
![Wire stripping](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-16.jpg)
Temp bar area was plastered
![By Ian Gray](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-04.jpg)
A "not so clean" Adrian
![After pulling down the kicthen ceiling](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-11.jpg)
Bar ready after closure
![Bar was closed for two days](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-10.jpg)
Miranda seat painting
![Lots of old seats to paint up](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-14.jpg)
Dermot watering the plants
![Pops in most days to water plants and sort the refuse out](images2/renovationdiary/past-20190802/20190802-17.jpg)