Last Saturday, 8 January 2022, we held the official opening of our new Hall. We were very lucky with the weather, the rain held off and the sun even came out for a brief period! We were joined by MIke Amesbury our MP, Charles Fifield and Paul Williams, two of our CWaC councillors, Ruth Downes …
We held our AGM in the new Hall on 10th November, and here are the following Section reports: Explorers Like many of the other sections, Explorers saw a reduction in numbers when our meetings went online. We now have 13 members registered and usually get at least 10 at our regular Friday Night meetings. We …
It’s been a few months since I last posted. As always with projects like this, progress was fast at the start but it seemed to take forever to get everything finished. However, we got there and in fact we were able to open the Hall for several weeks even before the last job was done. …
This week has seen a lot of activity indoors and most of the work is now complete. The electrical switches, sockets, lights and emergency lights have gone in. There is a little more to do in the accessible WC, and then the power can be restored to the building. The radiators have been installed and …
Week 21: The floor is finished (well, almost) – and it looks fantastic! Read More »
Painting of the main hall is now complete, apart from some touching up of doors and architraves. We think Jamie managed to get most of the paint on the walls! Conrad has laid down a 15mm-thick layer of sound and vibration absorbent underlay, and he has started to lay the engineered oak flooring. The …
But they’ve worked hard and it’s nearly finished. There was a lot to do!
We’ve now reached another milestone in that the scaffolding has finally gone. Conrad has finished the end gable and painted the woodwork, and replaced the finial that came off the original building.. Looks good, doesn’t it? Meanwhile, the work inside has continued. The exposed joists have been sanded and stained so they will match the …
Week 18: Hooray! we’ve finished with the scaffolding! Read More »
Great news; the plastering is now virtually complete (apart from some touching up when all the doors and windows are finished). Conrad has started on the guttering and downpipes, in the process he has been able to re-use one of the cast iron downpipes that’s probably over 100 years old. He has also installed the …
Unfortunately our plasterers were not available for the start of the week, although they were able to get back to us on Friday and will now continue until the work has been completed – hopefully by the middle of next week. Meanwhile Conrad and Jamie have been working on the false ceiling above the …
The week started with completion of the plasterboarding (is that a word?), including the new lobby area and accessible WC. And then on to the plastering…. this will take a few days but we are hopeful that it will be finished before the end of next week. Meanwhile, Conrad will be moving on with the …