Boat store progress

A few people have been very busy over the last few weeks getting some traction on the work needed to get the boat store into operation.  From a bare shell as the starting point, the tasks involve insulating the walls and ceiling, then boarding/dry-lining them, in parallel with doing the electrical first fix for the building, taking cabling through and into the boat store.  We also need a partition wall to separate the wet boat store from the dry camping equipment store, with associated doorway and fire escape stairs.

As well as planning all that, we've actually been making good progress with getting on with it.  All of this is being done in consultation with the local building inspector who has been on site in the last couple of days to review and advise.

We have an electrician in doing the first fix, having had a fantastic donation of electrical materials from a local friendly supplier.  The electrician has been working closely with related experts on lighting, ventilation, security, heating and plumbing.  The boat store now has an agreed set of supply points, lights, switches and sensors, as well as feeds to outside lights etc., which are now being installed as we go along.




On the insulation front, we have had insulation sheets delivered and we've installed them into the store walls, and are now progressing to install them into the rest of the ground floor external walls too.  We've had ceiling insulation delivered this week, and yesterday evening made a good start on fitting this into the store ceiling, leaving the necessary gaps for wiring to be infilled later.

The walls are now being covered with vapour barrier fabric to protect the structure and insulation from the damp atmosphere.

Once the wiring is complete, the walls and ceilings will be boarded (using a combination of chip/ply boarding, and donated plasterboard), then plastered, primed and painted, ready for racking and boat installation.

At the moment, the building is a hive of activity whenever we can get working parties together.  With the Sea Scouts having started their boating season now, a number of parents are helping out with the work while their children are out on the lake on Thursday and Friday evenings, which is excellent.  You can probably see from the pictures that we have large stacks of boards and insulation ready to be used - plenty to do, but great to see some rapid progress.