OBI OBI HALL

FINE WEATHER, UNINTERRUPTED PROGRESS.

An earlier photo of inside the hall showing the scaffolding erected to allow the replacement of damaged roof rafters.

Spreading of roadbase over a very wet area at the rear of the hall to give access for the installation of the septic and water tanks.

Earth was removed to allow water to escape from the wet area at the rear of the hall. The  white water pipes draining roof water indicate the eventual position of the two water tanks that will be placed beside the hall.

A new decking board floor in the completely re-built side entry.

The first completed window

More progress on the new front stairs.

The last of the external cladding. The front deck wall with the toilet doorway at the rear.

Most of the new timber used in the hall restoration is prepared on this saw bench.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)

Our Model Rules state that our Annual General Meeting (AGM) shall be held within three months of the close of the financial year. Our financial year starts and ends on the 31^st of December in each year.

With completion of the project expected in late April, the Management Committee has decided that it would be appropriate to delay our AGM  and hold it at the Obi Obi hall as soon as the renovation is finished.

The southern side of the hall has been the builder’s main work area with the  builder’s storage container at the rear and the hall entrance deck on the right.

At the rear of the hall, the apex of the roof.

Council regulations state: when tank water is used for drinking, leaf eaters are required to filter the water. The white power cable dangling beside the leafeater is for an external spotlight. The front southern corner of the hall.

Painting the rear of the hall with plastic down to protect the already painted disabled ramp.

Building the front stairs.

The interior of the alcove at the origional front entrance.

Preparation for the plasterboard ceiling in the kitchen .

From the deck, showing the hallway to the toilets, with the unlined rear of the stage on the right, and a window on the kitchen wall at the rear.

Looking from the kitchen towards the entry door into the hall, with the frame of the door visible on the left and the unlined rear of the stage storage room in the centre .

The start of the plumbing.

The ceiling over the kitchen and toilets.

With the new roof fitted, some old tenants returned to inspect the renovation. The welcome swallow – Hirundo neoxena. We expect that there will be a dispute over the ownership of the exposed beams in the ceiling above the front deck.

THE ROOF IS ON

The rear of the hall looking at the kitchen side.

The framework for the rest of the roof with half of the second painting coat done.

Accumulated rat nest residue in the wall at the rear of the stage

Electricial wiring being installed inside the portal frame which will be covered by a timber cladding. Viewed at the junction of roof and front wall on north side of hall.

Scaffolding moved to the rear to enable the fitting of the roof.

Another weekend of painting and cleanup

Halfway through the second painting, evidenced by the colour change above the window.

Detail of the junction of the rear cladding of the foyer and the front wall with the wall or right side brushed and painted.

Taken from the ceiling above the stage, three buckets of  a combination of rat droppings, grass and straw.