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Renovation Diary: September 2019
6th September 2019
Probably the biggest news of this week is that the scaffolding has started to come down. Okay it is only a small bit, but it is a start. This was around the entrance to the school room. Also the iron railings were welded back on after making some small repairs.
And the sparkies have been hard at this week connecting up the cellar, the bar, the toilets and the school room. They have a little work to do behind the scenes to connect up the boiler and heating, but they are ready for the fire and security equipment to be connected up tomorrow. In a couple of weeks they will set-up the wifi.
The team have also been busy putting fire doors on the toilets, varnishing the school room floor, further stripping of the front windows, plaster boarding in the hall, and working to commission the gents toilet (very soon guys, honest).
Finishing the bar plumbing
School room all lit up
Warren removing scaffolding
Welding back the steel plate
Fitting the fire system
Pete our builder
New ledges to the front windows
Wiring up the bar fuse box
Cooler in cellar now working
Return of the pub sign
The metalwork specialists
King of the rubbish pile
Downlighters being tested
Varnishing the school room floor
Fitting a fire door
Added fire board to hall
Adding the railings
13th September 2019
Scott the plumber has been hard at it this week:
- commissioning the gents toilets
- connecting up the school's kitchenette
- mounting the radiators in the school room
- installing the glass machine in the bar, and
- installing the ice machine in the cellar.
The equipment took slightly longer than planned, but there was a huge cheer when he appeared from the cellar with a handful of ice.
If you have been in the pub, there have been a number of paint trials going on. Some successful, some less so and have been changed.
Plans for the next couple of days include:
- grouting the gents, sealing it, and adding the cistern,
- painting in the bar and toilets,
- cutting and attaching the skirting, and
- adding the bar front.
We've heard it a few times in the last couple of weeks ... it's starting to look like a real pub. Give us a few more days and it will be even more so and with the new sign hanging outside the door (being installed this afternoon), hopefully it is somewhere we are all proud of.
Before the green is added
Installing the school kitchenette
Lexie with fetching headwear
Radiators now installed
Last of the plastering in the bar
Bas scraping away
Pub looking good
Trialing the green paint
Cool green on some walls
Directly behind the bar
Giggling wire strippers
First of the ice
Ready for the quiz night
Lexie with more boron
Bes painting
Ian chuffed with his stripping
And Tony involved too
20th September 2019
Project Manager's Report
We have had a Productive week at The Swan.
The men's urinals are now up and running and we have started decoration to the men's loos.
We have sourced some really lovely Moroccan style mirrors for ladies room and it has given the room the wow factor . We still have decoration touch ups to do.
Next week we will be fitting the baby change units to both the men’s and ladies toilets.
The skirtings have been cut to size and are ready to fit.
We now have WiFi and a television in situ which is a real milestone.
The electrical works are almost complete and the external wall lanterns that have been lovingly restored by Baz and Diane will be fitted today.
We have been working on the main windows that we will start painting next week.
The school room opened its doors this week and looks fantastic and we have already had some interest from people looking to rent the space.
Pete our resident builder will be back next week and is going to complete the bar and start creating some fabulous window seating.
We have radiators ! All have been fitted now and will be connected and working next week.
The Swan opened its doors on Monday morning and nobody seemed to mind being amongst our regular volunteers armed with hammers, drills and paint brushes . We now serve delicious cakes and coffee from 9.30 am.
Have a super weekend.
Marilyn x
Coffee and cakes from 9:30am
Flush test in gents
School room ready for action
Where to put the mirror?
Lindsay Court guessed weight of the copper
School room briefing
New mirror in the ladies
Marilyn removing another test
School room briefing
Ladies outer room
27th September 2019
We have had a very busy week. First a big thank you goes to all our volunteers for this week. Without these people the pub would not be at the stage it is. We've even had visitors from America helping us out!
A big milestone has been the installation of our new sign hanging proudly where it belongs. Many thanks to Peter our builder, Warren the Scaffolder, and the team who installed this last Saturday.
Inside the pub we now have in place the new corrugated front, to our bar. Also we now have the new keg serving bridge in place, which is very smart indeed. The external lights for the doorways been wired in and lit. Bas and Diana certainly did an excellent piece of restoration with them!
The school room is nearly completed. The guys from the Green Room are settling in nicely. As you can see, the desks and chairs can be set up in a variety of styles dependent upon the needs of the actual lesson - this is extremely important.
Site clearance is still going on and a massive push for this next coming week. We are trying to remove as much building materials and waste from the site as possible. This will improve the overall look and feel.
Fixing the skirting
Renovated school room
New bar front installed
Diana cleaning an old pew
External lamps were mounted
Skirting fitted and painted
Team drinks on Friday
Rejuvenating the external sign
Picture hides a cupboard
Filling the windows
Ian filling holes
Side door cleaned up a bit
Gents toilet
A wee bit thirsty
Alan from the USA
Installing new bridge
Touching up the walls
Kelly got involved too
Adrian attacking the windows
The pub sign returns
