Progress is slow

... very slow.

Slower than a very slow thing that isn't moving very fast.
The steelwork should have been almost completed by now. Some additional work was done on Wednesday but there has been no action today.

Here's today's view (and yestedays for that matter) The original plan was to continue fitting the rest of the steelwork before the joiners arrived to fit the floor and clad the wall.

However, a decision was made that, now that the floor level steel is in, it would be a better idea to fit a temporary floor for the blacksmiths to work off. This means that the joiners are needed earlier than planned.

And the joiners are busy. Very busy. All the building and joinery firms in the Borders seem to have more than enough work and getting hold of anyone, even with a project manager - appears to be difficult in the extreme. It's all very annoying.

But not nearly as annoying as Scottish Borders Council. Our architect phoned them a couple of days ago and was told that they hadn't had any information back from Historic Scotland.
I phoned Historic Scotland this morning and was told that all the plans had been passed and returned to the council two weeks ago.

Grrrrrrrrrr:-(

The builders will be in tomorrow to brick up the ends of the cross beams. The joiners will be back on Monday or maybe Tuesday to fit the temporary floor.

Better news is that the electrician is raring to go and will start installation of a completely new distribution system for the hotel on Wedneday. It would have been even earlier but we have to clear the former lounge bar first.

But first
We have the Jed Sevens on Saturday which, last year anyway, was our busiest night of the year. So we'll be kind of preoccupied this weekend.