Sorry guys but time to have another vent and rant.
Monday was the 1st day of our re-fit with a few minor problems like storage container 6 hours late in coming then not being able to fit ovens make bench etc in it as the flooring was too high for the pallet jack to get in and all attempts to build ramps etc failing
Dough mixer and prep bench are all outside in the courtyard under tightly wrapped tarpaulins. Luckily the oven is on wheels and stoven on a pallet jack so they are in the front of the shop with easy moving out and in as required.
Tuesday tile strippers came in commenced lifting tiles with 4 jackhammers and centre management (we’re in a shopping centre) closed it down after 2 - 3 hours due to being too noisy for adjacent day traders (fair enough call - 4 jack hammer going at once was a bit noisy). They come back 8pm Wednesday evening and work until 2am.
Thursday tiler comes in and says certain things need doing to get floor in shape for tiling - fixed aluminium wall edges need trimming back so I get going on that using 15 or so discs and 8 hours doing it, as well as removing some tiles and old glue the floor strippers missed (they couldn’t get back until the weekend). To top it off some wall tiles were cracked or fell off due to the extreme vibration so they now need replacing.
So after 4 days into the re-fit we are 2 behind.
Good thing tiler started today (Friday) and is working until late tonight to finish kitchen and do prep area Saturday and grout out on Sunday so we can move kitchen equipment back in Monday. Then he will do Monday & Tuesday do front of shop, grouting out on Wednesday.
Will have to work Tuesday day and night painting out the walls (high gloss white) in prep area that are not tiled and painting outside walls of coolroom to freshen up the appearance, especially in kitchen area where it is visible to customers.
Hopefully we are able to do prep on Thursday ready for Friday re-opening.
Tiles down so far look great - 18" x 18" dark, dark grey (almost black) in kitchen and prep area and 24" x 12" in same colour going in front of shop. Should look great against our red walls and red and black counter. Tiles are same colour as counter top.
Staff won’t know what hits them on return to work as they will be cleaning them every 30 minutes, especially in kitchen and prep area - white flour doesn’t go real well on black tiles.
Keeping finges crossed that nothing else goes wrong and delays us anymore, but after losing 11 days sales waht is another 1 or 2.
Dave
Monday was the 1st day of our re-fit with a few minor problems like storage container 6 hours late in coming then not being able to fit ovens make bench etc in it as the flooring was too high for the pallet jack to get in and all attempts to build ramps etc failing
Dough mixer and prep bench are all outside in the courtyard under tightly wrapped tarpaulins. Luckily the oven is on wheels and stoven on a pallet jack so they are in the front of the shop with easy moving out and in as required.Tuesday tile strippers came in commenced lifting tiles with 4 jackhammers and centre management (we’re in a shopping centre) closed it down after 2 - 3 hours due to being too noisy for adjacent day traders (fair enough call - 4 jack hammer going at once was a bit noisy). They come back 8pm Wednesday evening and work until 2am.
Thursday tiler comes in and says certain things need doing to get floor in shape for tiling - fixed aluminium wall edges need trimming back so I get going on that using 15 or so discs and 8 hours doing it, as well as removing some tiles and old glue the floor strippers missed (they couldn’t get back until the weekend). To top it off some wall tiles were cracked or fell off due to the extreme vibration so they now need replacing.
So after 4 days into the re-fit we are 2 behind.
Good thing tiler started today (Friday) and is working until late tonight to finish kitchen and do prep area Saturday and grout out on Sunday so we can move kitchen equipment back in Monday. Then he will do Monday & Tuesday do front of shop, grouting out on Wednesday.
Will have to work Tuesday day and night painting out the walls (high gloss white) in prep area that are not tiled and painting outside walls of coolroom to freshen up the appearance, especially in kitchen area where it is visible to customers.
Hopefully we are able to do prep on Thursday ready for Friday re-opening.
Tiles down so far look great - 18" x 18" dark, dark grey (almost black) in kitchen and prep area and 24" x 12" in same colour going in front of shop. Should look great against our red walls and red and black counter. Tiles are same colour as counter top.
Staff won’t know what hits them on return to work as they will be cleaning them every 30 minutes, especially in kitchen and prep area - white flour doesn’t go real well on black tiles.
Keeping finges crossed that nothing else goes wrong and delays us anymore, but after losing 11 days sales waht is another 1 or 2.
Dave
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. Kudos to her though. She has held a tight reign on my spending over the last 2 years of the financial downturn to ensure we stayed afloat for the return to better times.
