Renovation Diary: December 2019
6th December 2019
It's been a very busy couple of weeks for the volunteers and our business sponsors.
The main office has had a lot of work done to it: now insulated and plumbing work sorted out too so that we can fireboard and plaster it by the end of this week. Security is all connected up and now running too. So the bar team will be able to fully move in next week!
With a local resident's support, Evolution Roofing has been coming in to make The Stables water tight (and evict the pigeons too!). A huge thanks as this really supports our Winter Fayre activities.
One of our chimneys has now been reduced in height for safety reasons. Peter our professional builder and his staff undertook this work for us as it was outside the capabilities of the volunteers.
Finally the roof on the covered area has been repaired with new corrugated metal. This will allow the Winter Fayre to use this area without fear of getting damp!.
Roof over stables being fixed
John removing damaged lean-to roof
Chimney stack reduced in height
Debris from the chimney reduction
Lexie is already waiting for Santa
Jeff finalising pumbing in office
Beautifully newly covered seat
Slates repaired, old guttering removed
John fixing down new roofing
Debris ready to be removed
Bes came to rescue to clear-up
Tidying-up the Coach House
Tony fixing wall batons
Not just one!!!
Pigeons have been evicted
Good job John!
Ready for capping
Clean-up in progress
Mulled cider stall readied
Insulating the external wall
Yup - it's high up there!
13th December 2019
Work continued in the office this week to get it complete before Christmas. Ian - our volunteer plasterer - was in again plastering the office ceiling and walls. Peter also hung a new fire door to make it safer and secure. The professional building team have also been prepping the first floor side windows for painting. They have had to work round the weather. And the volunteers have packed sound insulation into kitchen ceiling. This will allow it to be plasterboarded in the near future.
Ian plastering the ceiling
Plastered and new door
Ceiling sound proofed
Attention to detail
Starting the sound proofing
Tony cleaning ladies floor
Ceiling newly plastered
Adrian behind the mask, honest!
Clean tiles!
20th December 2019
Even though it is the build up to Christmas, work carried on with the pub. Two key things were achieved this week: firstly the professionals were called in to sort out the drains; secondly the Weekday Warriors plasterboard the ceiling of the kitchen.