restoration


The First Minister and Dougie's window	The VIPs
Line up with choir	The choir
# Official Opening by Alex Salmond on 21 June 2008 #
A new plaque	The old plaque being restored
The 'jewel' like quality of the building begins to show	And the first exhibit is on display
A flurry of landscaping to be ready for the opening	And getting the parking space ready
Visitors all comment on the lovely ambience of the upstairs room	And it also has good acoustic properties
The Festival office begins to look very smart	And is wood panelled
The Bothy floor is also laid with flagstones	And then the original bunks are replaced
There are flagstones in the reception area	And the lucky shoe is back in the building
The downstairs cobbling is fitted around the wiring	And is laid out in a square framework
The bore holes are dug (2 of them)	This tube reaches down 150 metres
# Progress leading up to the launch #
Bore hole sleeves for the geothermal heating system arrive
Plans for the reception area	Dougie does the windows
Then the slabs are layed	We find a well in the reception area
Caithness slabs are delivered	Measurements are made for the slabs
Upstairs gets decorated	The office gets clad
# Progress as at 4 June 2008 #

This is where the reception area will be
Careful lead work for the chimneys	Removing concrete to replace it with Caithness slabs
The net loft nears completion according to the plan	Skilled craftsmanship needed to make the arched windows
The window are lined with hi-tec insulation	New sash windows in the bothy
Some external last details	The office floor goes down
Filming for the BBC Landward programme	The final colour
# Progress as at 21 May 2008 #

This shoe was found buried in the floor	It was seemingly a custom in times past.
Service duct comes into being	and another service duct
	Hooray - the last stone to fill the pipe hiding vent

Windows being made at Davie's workshop	Windows to go
Harling overcoat all wrapped up	On goes the harl
# Progress as at 02 May 2008 #

Good bye old external sheddie
Repairing pointing in the main hall	One of the old shutters still works
The insulation arrives in bulk	50% over spec insulation fitted in attic space
Bothy now with harling undercoat	Splat goes the harling
# Progress as at 22 April 2008 #

The rooves complete	The toilet takes shape
Outdoor work - roofing in the snow	indoor work - project managing
Wild sea and calm building	Wild sea at the end of the street
# Progress as at 04 April 2008 #

Fiddly fitting of new joist	Design for the toilets and cupboards
Building the office ceiling	Building the office roof
Slating in the rain	Cracking on with the slating
Salmon bothy in its surrounding community	Felting is applied
# Progress as at 19 March 2008 #

The brains on site	Working out the window prototype
Dressing the new floor joist	New joists in the bothy
Rotten joists removed	Replacing joist in the north corner
New chimney stones being fitted	New slates have arrived
Chimney being repaired	Preparing a new chimney stone
Hauling the lime to repair the top edge of the wall	Repairing top edge of the wall
New sarking being fitted	Colour matching for the windows - almost perfect
Damaged sarking removed	New sarking being hoisted up
# Progress at 10 March 2008 #

Ongoing work in great hall	Timber work in attic area
Gutted Bothy and office extension	Quality pointing inside the office extension
Roof ready for retiling	Preparing to hide toilet pipes
Chimney breasts with scaffolding	Chimney breasts under repair
# End of week 5 - 29 February 2008 #
The old bothy with bunks	The old office with fireplace
The first floor great hall	The attic space
Roof vault on the ground floor	Ground floor room with a net stretcher

Blue sky thinking - who is doing what?	Stripping off the old roof slates
Cement harling removed and re-roofing has begun	View past boats parked in the net drying area

Graffiti from times gone bye
And the supervisors admire the work	And the plaque before renovation
Removing the cement harling to make way for the lime harling	Deharling at the front door