Sunday, 29 July 2018

Week 94-98 - Boarding out and Plastering

It’s finally time to start putting some plaster boarding up and get some plasters in to turn this place from building site into actual building. This is what I have been promised will happen by the experience builders out there anyway – and to be fair they were right.

[Boarding out the Gallery/Showroom area - 5 days work = 40 secs]

Our mill has changed in appearance a lot over the last 3 years as we have bullied and bashed it around. While you notice from the start to the end of each day what has changed (and get a good degree of enjoyment out of that fact) by the time you turn up for work the next day again, it’s kind of been a ‘well that’s what it looks like now, we’d better get on with some more!’ kind of approach. You could call this a ‘stop patting yourself on the back and get on with some work’ mentality, but this is different - since we finished boarding out, there has been a fair amount of back slapping.

[photo - Gallery/Showroom]

The change is huge, the mill has now definitely changed from our ‘giant shed’ to a proper building. It’s taken 5 weeks and nearly 200 very large sheets of plasterboard mind.

[photo - Gallery/Showroom]

The residential accommodation on the top floor is also skimmed out now so this area looks even more like real life rooms


Photo above is view of the living area of the flat, taken from where the sofas will be, looking into the kitchen area


Photo above looking from the kitchen back to seating area under the large skylight


The spare bedroom of the flat with its endless nooks and angles – the plasterers had ‘grumbles’ to make about this. Seeing as I had only recently been the one the board the room out, I understand why, but have little sympathy to give! They have done a fantastic job though, super smooth finish


Trimming in the boarding to the exposed slate walls


This is what happens to a normally black faced dog after 10 mins in a plaster dust ridden building – she seemed oddly proud of herself 


Greame finishing off the insulation before we start plaster boarding the flat

[Spare bedroom part boarded] 

[Living room part boarded]

[Gallery part boarded]

[Gallery part boarded] 

[Gallery part boarded] 

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