Renovation Diary: November 2022

13th November, 2022

A group of hard working warriors Trevor, John and Glenn cleared the remaining rubble from the back of the coach house and cemented in the holes in preparation for a new floor to be laid next month.

The lads mixing up concrete in The Coach House
Finishing off the right hand side hole that has been there since the refurb upstairs
The raw materials
The right hand corner finished and nicely level

It's been an exciting and productive week at The Swan with work starting on the roof! Paul has been systematically working through each problem area to make sure it is water tight before the scaffold can begin to come down. You can clearly see from the picture why this work is required.

Broken slates are being replaced - but at the moment, there is a big hole.

A huge thank you to our volunteers for getting out their paint brushes and giving the place a lovely makeover, ready for the new floor to be laid next month. Come in and see how lovely it looks!

The volunteers: Bez, Dawn and Trevor
One of the rings for tused to tie up horses in the old days
Back wall of The Coach House all repainted
Freshly repainted Coach House, ready for use again ... until the floor levelling is done

25th November, 2022

Building work has continued despite the heavy rain this last fortnight. Paul the roofer finished repairs to the top accessible parts of the roof.

Flashing redone at the chimneys.
Flashing redone at the very top of the building in the interconnect part.
Top of the roof with lots of equipment on it.
Slates all good now in this part of the roof.

This meant we were ready for the top parts of the scaffold to come down! Yes that's right, if passed by The Swan yesterday you would have seen Warren disassembling and lifting down the two upper platforms of scaffold ready for Paul to the move to next part of the roof work.

Dismantling the top part of the scaffolding - looks high up!
Chimney now clear of scaffolding.
Up on the scaffolding, part to be removed
Up on the scaffolding, part has totally gone!

Meanwhile Tex and Sam the painters have been prepping and painting the windows on the side and rear of the building. More work will progress next week with plans to remove the scaffold in sections as the work is completed so watch this space!

Bedroom window dtripped and ready for painting. Painting the windows on the first floor
Painting the outside of the window, picture taken from inside. Close up of the roof and painting work done
Finished window at the apex of the roof. Painting above the door.
On top of the gents toilet painting the windows.
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