Renovation Diary: June 2020

Week 25/20: 19th June, 2020

If you have strolled passed The Swan this week you will have seen that lots of work has been happening with The Coach House. Our local resident Brendan O’Reilly and his team from Jayflex have been in and achieved so much already. Very quickly this happened ...

Blue sky above The Coach House, new scaffolding up
Pit props have been added to support the building
Big crack in the brickwork was uncoverred

The scaffold is up, skips are in the yard and the roof is off!

Started to strip the ceiling Site covered with scaffolding
All the tiles have no been removed
Most of the slates have been removed at this point Roof gone, and bad brickwork removed

By stripping back the frame work it has become clear what is required to make the structure safe. There was bowing in the ridge of the roof and crumbling walls high up. They will need to strip back the unsafe brickwork in order to rebuild safely. Steels and tie rods will then be installed to help strengthen the structure.

Wall at top of metal stairs, looks very unstable
On the first floor of the coach house, roof gone and a lot of bad brickwork removed too

These guys do work quick and we are so fortunate to have the generosity of Jayflex taking on this project in order to have the IT suite above and multi purpose space below ready for the school and community to use as soon as possible

Guys mixing cement NThere are two skips to handle all the debris
One of the guys on the roof removing slates
New fire extinguishers in the School House

Excavations under the Coach House have unearthed some bygone treasures. These clay pipes were a very popular choice in Victorian England, Tossed aside by a travelling gent as the stable boy tended to his horses?...

Showing the team are digging down past the foundations
Hole filled with water Mixture of Victorian wears
Victorian clay pipe

And very quickly has ended up ...

Salvageable bricks stacked on the coach house
View from the bedroms of the pub down at the coach house, no roof and virtually no first floor
More brickwork carefully stacked - site is very clean

Week 26/20: 26th June, 2020

The Coach House

Work has continued to progress quickly this week. Much of the upper floor of The Coach House has been stripped back in order to rebuild a safer structure. The brickies have already re-built the outer perimeter wall and made swift progress on the walls of the top floor. Steels have been installed at the back of the ground floor with guidance from our structural engineer and architect. This, along with a steel ridge beam, will create a firm framework for the entire structure.

Part of the team looking at the back wall Re-build starting Guys tidying up the first floor
Team re-building the walls Standing in the rain discussing what is next BWorking in the rain
Rebuilding the back wall Good progress being made Lads are working fast

Steels have been installed at the back of the ground floor with guidance from our structural engineer and architect. This, along with a steel ridge beam, will create a firm framework for the entire structure.

Steel from the top
Wall at back being re-built
Steel in place inside The Coach House
Shows the RHS steel on top of the concrete pad
Steel lintel being put in place
Some of the Jayflex team

Weekday Warriors

This week has seen the return of some of our Weekday Warriors seizing an opportunity in this warm weather to give The Stables a lick of paint ready for when The Swan will reopen.

Tony on the scaffoldng surveying one of the windows
Trevor painting walls of The Stables Finished brickwork of The Stables
The lads scraping The Stable walls

There is opportunity now to have a select number of volunteers back in to chip away at the list of jobs that can be carried out at the moment safely whilst observing social distancing. With a lot to achieve in the coming week volunteers are needed.

At the end of the week ...

A lot of progress this week, and a lot to do next week before re-opening.

The Coach House
The Courtyard
Side of the pub with view of The School House
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