COWLEY BRIDGE BUILDING LATEST

The fitting out and decoration of the Cowley Bridge building has begun...

The new timber flooring is to be retained as is, apart from sealing.  This meant that the first job was to line the floor area with polythene sheeting and dust sheets.

The next step was to spot paint on the exposed screws with oil based primer to prevent them rusting and it showing through. No, the building doesn't have some awful disease and so no ointment is required!  When the primer was dry the screw holes were filled with wood filler.  This was then sanded smooth, which is a laborious task but well worth the effort.

Now it's time for the primer to seal and prepare the bare timber for painting.

James, Dick and myself met on site on Saturday the 25 April to discuss the finer points of the fitting out and the electrics.  I had come prepared as Peter and I had already had an in-depth discussion the previous day, and so I was armed with Peter's viewpoint.

It's not just a case of "throwing" some paint on the walls and ceiling of course.  We needed to discuss colours, dado rail, window reveal edging, corner quadrants and several other things that all give the building the finishing touch.

Barry Young arrived in due course and we all talked about the electrics, which he is kindly going to carry out for us.

All this means that I, with Peter's help, have my work cut out for several weeks to come.  Having these meetings will hopefully mean that we can get the fitting out exactly as we want it at the first attempt.

Well, let's grab that paint brush again...

Dave