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A Year has gone by.



A year has gone by since I started this Blog. I sincerely hope that it is still fulfilling our aim to inform, in a fairly simple way, as to the progress of the Building repairs.

The last week especially has shown probably the greatest change in the status of the project. The Mega Shores which have been with us since March 2008 have been removed and are due to leave site completely this week. ((The rest of the scaffolding will be with us for a while yet.)

The Contractors are very busy up in the attic, where it is very warm, in cramped and very tricky working conditions. They are making good progress, and the latest steel templates have arrived on site. The steel shoes are being made off-site, so that there is no "hot-work" taking place up in the roof space. My attention is frequently taken up with just looking at all that is going on around us.




Already the plasterers have been busy, starting to re-plaster the walls where the Mega Shores were anchored. and then another worker walks past with yet another bucket of mortar to climb the stairs up into the attic space.

All of this while turning our thoughts to Open Doors Weekend when our Architect will be speaking about the innovative processes on the Saturday----Just have to make sure that there are no trip hazards for our visitors.
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  1. AINZ4 September 2009 at 10:05

    All your hard work is much appreciated and most informative. Keep it up, unexpected traps in the undercroft notwithstanding!

    Ainz.

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