ceiling part 2

After putting up one layer of this acoustic board before the electrician's fit, then came, steel reinforcement bars (with which cassie this week manage to give James a nasty looking bump on the head), then insulation wadding, then a further 2 layers of the board, quite a job, even for this many people. Here's the process...

1. Steel: QUOTE OF THE DAY: cassie: "I didn't hit James over the head with a steel bar today...he just walked into it while I was waving it about."

2. Insulation  wadding:

3. Tea break: much deserved after stages of hard graft.

4. Another layer of board: heavy stuff. 

5. playtime!: a chance for everyone to let their hair down a bit, some a little too much. 

6. yet another layer of board: a test of everyones flexibility. 

7. The final push: it's all about the team work. 

8: pose: on a ladder in celebration

it's not all hard work

Cassie and I had fun yesterday, well she did, somewhat at my expense, talking photos at this sculpture we found. While KFC eaters watched on, I pretended to load a washing machine made of bricks.

The cogs turn

This is very much a new situation for us all, not ever thinking of ourselves as entrepreneurs. Though we consider ourselves to be generally capable, our minds have had to be stretched a little.
Our ability, or inability to do basic maths, was what kept us somewhat entertained over christmas. The frantic scribblings on our dining room table, all part of our attempts to get a firm grasp on the business side, as you can see, had Ellen and Cassie (and me, I'm not gonna lie) pretty (and in my case, totally) perplexed.

It has also tested out physical strength, this photo just preceded cassie's successful attempt at kicking down and unwanted wall, with ease.

 There isn't a great degree of stopping and thinking time, when on site it is all systems go, but plans are being written and rewritten all the time, and cassie has to head them up.

A good time to discuss and change plans, the girls have decided, is five minutes before the people come to execute them. Last minute lighting changes happened this morning, while the electricians parked.

How is it looking?

This is where we are at:

 @thewell at night, new partition build to give those doing their laundry a little bit of privacy.

 Proximity to Tesco, the boycotted one, which caused all the riots last year.

 Wire situation pre-electricians, a little dodgy...

 post-electricians, much neater!

The laundrette window, and the potential for a little stage to the right of the photo, for small scale gigs etc.

Danger, Men at work!

Work continues at the shop, today we had the electricians in to remove and then replace the great jungle of wires hanging from the ceiling. 

 James with sealant gun, doing a marvellous job, which I could not have done, I would have been able to hold that weight above my head for all of 30 seconds, he was at it for hours, thanks James.

James at work while the rest of us watch.

 Derren and Joe measuring, cutting and putting up the acoustic sound-proofing board.

Derren getting at some pretty stubbier nails with aggressive determination and a grinder! Who needs fireworks?

Staff aprons

As you may have already picked up, we're going for a pretty homemade approach to this business, partly out of financial necessity, but mostly out of preference. over christmas we began making some male and female aprons for our staff.

First male apron completed, hooray.

 Beautifully modelled here by good friend, plasterer and general go-to guy, Derren, thank you sir.

First female apron completed, hooray. Beautifully modelled here by good friend Fran! Was made by chopping one of my old skirts in half, simple but effective. More to follow. 

We have a website

For all those who are interested in finding out more about our up and coming venture, we now have a website. We three sisters worked on this with no experience, on a software program which was difficult, yet have somehow managed to produce a site that we are unashamedly pretty please with. We have had a little problem with the hyperlinks since publishing the site, that is yet unresolved, but please don't let this put you off visiting and finding out more. Feedback, as always, is very appreciated.

Go to www.at-the-well.co.uk