Renovation Diary: December 2021

Week 48/21: 3rd December 2021

The Weekday Warriors were joined for part of this week by Freddie from GR6 and, all be it briefly, by Lexie. Freddie helped the team to install the final elements of insulation on The Kitchen wall whilst Lexie insisted on showing us how to measure angles!

Student from The Green Room working with one of the Warriors Lexie measuring angles in The Storeroom
Insulation making it more like a moonbase rather than a kitchen Planning ... or is it plotting?
Team at work Wall ready for boarding

With insulation now installed, and boarding of the walls nearly complete the plan is to lay the new floor in the coming week. Fingers crossed!

Thomas and John on a charge
Always smiling, wee Tony in The Kitchen
Boarding over the walls to support the kitchen equipment when fitted

Due to the flooring going down on Monday, the team were back in on Saturday to finish the plaster boarding.

The team having a refreshing cuppa
Fire boarding going on top of the wooden boards to finish the walls
Cold room ready for the flooring
The Kicthen just about ready for flooring
The Store Room ready for flooring

Week 49/21: 10th December 2021

The Weekday Warriors have taken a well deserved break for much of this week as 'Lino Len' and his team have been onsite laying flooring in The Kitchen, both store rooms and the corridor leading to/from the Bar. Another very significant step forward with sincere thanks to everyone involved.

The Kitchen and The Store Room:

The Store Room ready for flooring
In The Kitchen preparing for the flooring to go down
The team working on The Kitchen floor

The hallway:

The Hallway from The Kitchen door
The corridor with the levelling compound drying out
Team laying flooring in corridor
The corridor flooring now completed

Week 50/21: 17th December 2021

After a small delay waiting for the last of the flooring to be completed, the new cooker hood and aluminum back pieces arrived and were taken into The Kitchen.

Richard Douglas taking an aluminum sheet from the back of the delivery van
Help has arrived, taking the sheet out of the van
And next the cooker hood, but it needs a lot of the team to help
Pulling the cooker hood out of the van
And walking it through The Courtyard, takes four men to do it
The cooker hood set in The Store Room
The team from the cooker hood people

On Thursday, the fitting team came in and started work fitting the extraction fan. As you can see it took quite a few to get it into place and fitted securely. Keith, our sparky, was also in to progress the electrics. Things are now moving at pace!

Manouevering the hood into place The last bits of the aluminum sheet that will form the splashback
The Kitchen with hood fitted Keith the Sparky with lots of wires hanging about
Team fitting the hood to the wall and ceiling
The cooker hood all fitted

And this week the Warriors got new jerkins so that they are clearly identified. This is part of the advanced security requirements that the school require for the safety of the students.

The Weekday Warriors 2021
And showing the backs of their new jerkins

Week 51/21: 24th December 2021

Another working week for the Warriors has seen the installation of the steel wall covering under the kitchen canopy as well as the next phase of electrical preparation. Both essential elements in readiness for the final steps towards a working kitchen.

The team from RAS who fitted the aluminium Plug points going in
The aluminium is covered by protective plastic sheet Close up of the new elecrical sockets Electrical fuse point
Cooker hood and backing all complete now Kitchen is now coming together

On the shortest day of the year the lights have been installed to illuminate our unique pub sign. The Swan can be seen in all it's glory proudly flying above our community pub. As well as providing a beacon in the darkness we hope this will also provide notice to passers by that the transition from ugly duckling to beautiful Swan continues.

Lights have been fitted but it is daylight
Dusk facing south, the sign is starting to show up
Dusk facing north, sign starting to show up
Later in the evening the sign is clearly lit up

The Weekday Warriors wish you all a very Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas from The Weekday Warriors 2021
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