Closer and Closer...........

Been a bit busy with a few shows recently so haven't been able to update, but things are moving on nicely.

The shell of the building has now been made good and the only current way into the building is through the main doorway. The garage door has been removed and has been bricked up.

The biggest obstacle we faced was to do with the internal walls. There was one stretching the whole width of the building that was holding up some of the roof joists. This has now been removed and will be replaced by a similar wall about two feet further into the 'control room' space. There was quite a lot of rubble to move and once that was done the foundations were made and concrete poured and the first runs of brick were put in.

As I type the builder has put two extra men onto the job today to begin knocking down the other internal wall so that we can prop it up with steel, then remove all the walls below it - this will open up the inside of the building 100% and will make it ready for the studio designers (The Studio People) to come in and do their magic. The brickwork that is the 'internal acoustic barrier' around the live room has now begun and can be seen on the pics below. The 'before' and 'after' pics on the removal of the existing internal wall are below also.

The studio accommodation is pretty much finished and we are very happy with it. It comprises of two bedrooms (each sleeping a maximum of 4 people), a living room (with Freeview TV and comfortable seating), a kitchen and a shower / toilet room. It has WIFI, is secure by way of its own secure entrance, and is quiet and cozy due to the central heating and double glazed windows. We had Bongripper and Humanfly stay there recently while we (Conan) were on tour with them both and it was great. It's nice and quiet at that end of the house too so it will be a peaceful environment for them.