Oh the Weather Outside...

...was frightful, but by the fire was so delightful, we've had enough of all this snow, please go, please go, please go! That's pretty much the story of our week on the Yarm Cricket Club Inspired Pavilion Project; snow, bonfires and working indoors.

 

 

As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, the project benefits from having a number of work fronts and when the weather is bad there's always something that can be achieved. Before the worst of the snow Kirk Developments managed to get the extension floor and surrounding area stoned up ready for the floor slab to be poured.

From Monday night onwards the weather turned much worse, so we all moved indoors and concentrated on the new away dressing room. The wall between the old changing room and kitchen was removed and the steel beam erected. All the floors were removed and most of the stoning up completed. The ceilings were boarded and works to the damp proofing carried out.

Unfortunately we had the concrete planned for Thursday, but due to the extreme weather conditions we had to call it off. Once the temperature improves Kirk Developments will look to get this completed as soon as possible, then work can begin on the extension walls and bricking up various openings no longer required.

It's looking as though we will be ordering our new kitchen from Howdens Joinery Co, they provided us with a full design and layout, and a reasonable price. The quality of units is much better than those we could afford from Wickes or B&Q and quality of service to date has been excellent. The only bad news of the week was the gas quote going up by an extra £200, hopefully the final works will cost less and we can get a rebate.

We're still waiting on Just Giving to get their act together and set up our site. Those completing membership forms can donate using that form or wait until the Just Giving site is online. If the Just Giving site is delayed for much longer, we will look to produce a donation slip which will be available via the website. Completed forms can then be retutrned along with donations, allowing the Club to claim Gift Aid on the majority. We will aim to have something in place by next Sunday.

A number of people have donated to the project, with an additional £600 already received and this is a great start. To complete the project we still have just over £3k to raise, with your help and a few new sponsors I'm sure we'll get there.

Many thanks for all the support to date and feel free to forward details of the blog on to friends, family and business connections. Back next week.