By lunchtime on Monday 12 October, 2015 after the hall had been cleared community volunteers started the on lifting the flooring in the main hall and store room, and removing the stage.
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The team started lifting boards at the south end of the hall. The boards were nailed down and typically the nails stayed in the supporting joists and the boards pulled off the nails. Many boards split or broke as they were lifted and the ones in the south west corner showed extensive signs of rot where the boards abutted the walls.
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Meanwhile a small crew started in the store room and removed the shelving from the north wall where the heating boiler and underfloor distribution manifold will be positioned. The floor boards in the store room were lifted ready for the builders to lay in the heating pipework. The floor boards were kept in the room and will be relaid once the heating has been comissioned.no images were found
An hour and a half into the work and the discussion over a tea break decides progress is slow but steady.
Photographs of the work
Gloves, googles, dust masks and other safety kit
Slow going as the team work out a technique
Removing nails from boards ready for reuse
Starting on the stage
Photography by Steve and Martin
The stage was easier than the main floor
Dodgy state of joists near the stage
Nearly at the stage, defintly over half way
The wrecking crew
Slow initial progress
The very last boards are lifted
As the floor inside disappears, nail removal moves outside
First board removed at south wall
First board removed by stage
Shelves and floorboards cleared from store room
First tea break
Co-ordinated working and the speed picks up
Requires a lot of effort to prise boards from joists
Spraying to damp down dust from possible asbestos pads under stage
Second tea break
Only the joists left - tomorrows job