– Two days left…
Massively chaotic day today with loads of people on site. Looked like a tornado had passed through this morning, although thankfully calmer this afternoon. The newly installed barrel lift got a good work out today, as did the Port Street bar staff. The fixed seating is looking amazing, it’s like a greeny-gold velour, button backed, dream. The lights all have bulbs, the “man stations” have arrived (a.k.a. the big shelves sticking out from the pillars), the brass door furniture is going on and the kitchen is now a store room for our cleaning products, bar equipment and toilet roll dispensers. We’ll no doubt have forgotten to order something but I’m sure we’ll cope. The important bits we have definitely got covered (see photo of cellar). Tomorrow looks set to be a similar affair; the air con will be finished, the beer yard is being cleared, the back bar goes in and the stairs get their floor covering. Will update you then. Night.
– Three days left
It’s beginning to actually look like a bar, I can almost imagine supping an ale in the first floor saloon. The skirting has been glossed (it’s browner than we thought, but hey ho), the G Plan tables have been re-varnished and the fisherman lanterns are up. Not forgetting the important bits – the two double height fridges have arrived, as has the stillage, the glasswash and a couple of beer deliveries. The cellar to bar plumbing is in hand and the toilets now have sinks. If all the builders, electricians and plumbers cleared out we could almost invite you all in. A little patience will however give us more seats, more beer, shinier floors and hopefully a skip to clear out the yard. We’ll hang on ’til Thursday.
– Four Days To Go…
So, another busy day… the cellar and kitchen are now fully painted white, the rest of the floor is being sanded and varnished, the enamel pendant lights are up and a world class fencing team from County Fencing Supplies have turned two and a half brick walls into a beer yard. Things hot up tomorrow as the fixed seating goes in and our first beer delivery is due. eek.
– Six days and counting!
Latest update on Port Street: The rest of the missing floor has arrived, the beer fonts are stuck in Italy (although we’re borrowing some for opening), the lighting company are incompetent and the gloss paint isn’t what it said on the swatch but the bar is going in, the beer yard is being fenced and the fridges are on their way. Can’t wait for Thursday!