2nd coat and touch ups

Earlier today, our team of decoarators applied a second coat of oil to the hall floor. It looks a rich, dark red (OK, in places). The floor has real character and sets the room off. The team also applied paint to areas that have been missed or damaged.

The first coat of oil is drying

First coat is drying. This modern oil mixture is based on an old favourite - linseed oil. It will be non slip and easy to repair. The floor looks darker than the test area dried, but I already think it looks very good. See picture above.

Oil drying time is 12 to 18 hours, so I am unsure if it will be dry enough to get the second coat applied tomorrow.

Our favourite plumber called today. He should be with us for another session on Saturday morning. Rob Hall (as many of you may know) is my hero. He sorted out my house central heating whilst I was away on holiday. He could have ripped me off, but he didn't and I can only commend his honesty and professionalism.

Chiseldon Oilers (Floor treatment begins)

Oil based floor treatment is being applied as I type. It looks very nice. The PVA repair has been removed and we will have to wait and see if it can be seen after the oil has been applied.

Floor looks great

The floor has been sanded and looks very good. Martin Goodwin helped with PVA mixed with saw dust to fill deep defects in the floor... This is how it looks tonight. Picture from the Veveri (thanks Andy):

We have £160 worth of floor oil being delivered tomorrow. I can't wait to see how it looks.

Soon we will have to mark time, as the remaining jobs require funds that are bigger than mine and the Scout Groups pocket book. We will need to access PC and Village trust funds.

Floor looking very good and ready for oil

All of the floor has been sanded. I will be in the hall from six tonight to fill in some of the holes and valleys that are a feature of such an old floor. I will do with this saw dust and PVS glue mixture.

Earlier today floor oil was ordered via the web and it should be with us tomorrow. There is a lot of dusting and hoovering to do before we apply the oil (two coats required).

Last nights finance meeting (Parish Council) didnt happen, but I am minded to invite them to meet in the hall and see it for themselves (once the floor has been treated and we have dusted). Whilst we dont have all the facilities, we do have public liability insurance in play.

A great deal of progress has been made in one day, with the internal doors glazed and hung, - they look stunning with new white gloss paint and laminated glass (complete with kite marks).

Our Treasurer visits the hall tonight. I want to see her reaction to the hall... should be a picture.

Floor transformation begins

The sander arrived this morning and the transformation has begun! In this case, the use of an exclamation mark is justified:



This evening, I'm off to the DIY store to seek advice and products to seal the floor.

So far the sander and our fantastic team of decorators have more than exceeded my expectations.

The internal doors have now been 90% glazed (we need two more strips of beading). The doors were stripped to bare wood and laminated (with kite mark) safety glass installed.

I can't wait to see the floor fully sanded and treated.

We had to do the floor last (in the decoration process), but we now have a big job dusting the newly painted surfaces...

Floor exposed!

Friday morning saw the rest of the hard board covering the floor removed. Its sat outside the hall and will be removed at six o clock tonight. The floor still looks viable, but local advice suggests we should steer clear of inflexible surface treatments (we want low maintenance and hard wearing). the number of nails removed is phenominal!

Before nine this morning the front door mat well was cleaned out. we have the promise of a new mat for free...

Ends of the stage had to be lifted up, to enable the removal of hard board. This will require stabilising.

Inside the hall, a second door mat well was found under the hard board. We will have to fill this and a likely candidate is a second door mat!

Refuse disposal and reparing holes in the floor will be weekend tasks.