our shop refit

[gilly-06]

well work started yesterday with the refit and the removal of a few walls to free up some space in the shop

all works being done by ourselfs as with some advice from friends in trade

we got the orignal site plans and lifted floor boards to see what was load bearing and whats not


on the search we found the bathroom beams to be sitting on the wall we wanted to take down but as we are only wanting to move the wall back by roughly 1.2 meters we can use a 6x2 frame to support it and tie the ends in to the bedroom beams


we have planned to have it all done by 10th of april (while the shop remains open threw it)


ill let the pics do the talking

inside the shop before the refit (walls being removed )





work in the store room

first thing to be removed was the old door frame



frame up



the rest of the wall removed back to the frame

(the 2 doors you see in the pic are being removed aswell




the wall/fireplace on the left is being removed aswell (thankfully for us the last owners removed it up stairs and in the attic so makes our job a hell of a lot easier lol)



and how we left it last night


got a new floor and suspended celing coming and a new fridge got a new lay out for the shop aswell

ill update tonight with todays progress


thanks gilly

[gilly-06]

didnt really get much done today well not as much as we wanted

got the new door way lined out and reinforced above it and got it knocked out thats about it really for today

[gilly-06]

well got the door and frame inplace today wanted that done to stop as much dust going up the stairs

(poster was on the door when we took over the shop lol )

also got most of the fireplace down there was a pipe coming from the roof we thought it must have been for water for the back boiler

unfortunately for us it was gas and discovered that when we hit it with the jack hammer called a mate out who capped it and soldered it and tested the system for leaks £20

and we cracked on with it a bit more

the smell was horrendous it was like when your nan gets her hair permed it stunk (not the gas more of the old fireplace )

so all in all decent progress had to go out and buy a new wheel barrow as it collapsed lol










not sure what tomorow's plans are but think we will be moving shelving in the shop and putting up dust sheets and put up the up rights for the frame and put nogins in

thanks for looking

[gilly-06]

well thursday wasnt so eventfull we started then my dad took a seizure so we were in hospital the rest of thursday

friday - nothing got done on friday either

sat - got little done as its one of our busiest days

sunday - we close at 12 so was ideal to get what we needed done

so sunday we got the rest of the supports in place and got the shop covered in polyethylene so save on the clean up (im glad we did lol)

so heres a few pictures (we also took delivery of our new chiller on Tuesday a litter more bulkier thank we thought but really happy with it

again doing so much then cleaning it up helped alot



















new floor and not sure weather to renew the full roof or just buy new tiles and extend the old one


on sunday we plan to move the the counter and the mags/ papers in to place and open the windows back up

thanks for looking

gilly

[Paul]

Looks a right little project that.

[gilly-06]

thanks mate

yeah its amazing how much different and bigger it looks by adding 1.6m wide by 5m long (approx)

its getting there slowly but surely


got a lot more stuff to do to the house there a conservertory waitng to go up dining room to be made into a bed room

garage to be converted into the dining room

so plenty to keep us busy lol

[Ed]

Have you predicted the increased turnover with the greater floorspace? :-)

Looking good. Hope your dad is ok?

[gilly-06]

Have you predicted the increased turnover with the greater floorspace? :-)

Looking good. Hope your dad is ok?

lol never gave it a thought tbh lol but still got a lot to do yet hopefully when it's done it will bring some more threw the door

its amazing when we moved the papers on to the perspex stand sitting where they are now the amount of folk who still went up the back (eye's on the prize) you could say and dont even look for anything els

we argued with a local customer who went to asda for there milk that we were cheaper lol now he buys from us although we need to talk with our supplier to get it cheaper


and yeah hes ok thanks Ed - got quite a sore back at the min but hopefully it will wear off

[specks]

ffs kev,not been on here or fb for months,i missed a fair bit then.

[gilly-06]

yeah mate you know me cant sit down need to be doing something lol

well a its finished for the time being

we really wanted the floor and celiing done by this point but the floor my bro bought is too thin and would tear easily so 3 rolls of 3mx5m vinal flooring no good but will sell it on to make some of the money back


any way heres a few pics






started on the conservetory now and digging out for the foundations ill start a new thread on that tho