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Sat 22 Apr 2023 6:47AM

General Refurbishment Chat

GZ Gen Zendahl Public Seen by 16

A look at the big picture of the maintenance of the hub, and decision-making on priorities

JLB

Jessica Lo Bianco Wed 3 Jan 2024 12:29PM

@Lambert Kleinjans Twas a FB marketplace steal...

LK

Lambert Kleinjans Wed 3 Jan 2024 11:24AM

@Jessica Lo Bianco as above this can be covered from the hub fund, just keep a record. If you don’t have a receipt, for this small amount my view is that’s it’s fine as you clearly got a bargain!

JLB

Jessica Lo Bianco Tue 2 Jan 2024 10:28PM

I have acquired tiles (40) to replace broken tiles on the wall of the kitchen (Splash-back). It cost me £5. I do not expect this returned, but if that's arranged, fine. This is merely for record. :)

GZ

Gen Zendahl Fri 28 Jul 2023 10:31AM

Updates:

  1. Good news regarding fire safety. I had a nice long chat with Pemb Fire Safety Officer, and have a path forward with regard to H&S Fire assessment and processes. We CAN have a non-powered manual fire procedure and be compliant. This plus the ceramic water filters means we do not need to go with a solar backup at this stage.

  2. The hot water problem may just be one of an airlock, further investigations will be done.

  3. The toilet is regularly found with the door open and lid up. There has been a mass of flies, is anyone up for a refurbish of helpful signs and explanations?

GZ

Gen Zendahl Thu 27 Apr 2023 8:55PM

We need to get those who were at the meeting in the hub to join this forum so we can chat and keep each other updated, especially if meetings get missed. At the moment I can't find the note I made of who put their hand up to help with the hub? Anyone recall?

GZ

Gen Zendahl Sat 22 Apr 2023 6:54AM

This is a summary of ideas from the TyG Ltd/ Plot owner's recent meeting. We agreed in principle that the hub needs to both serve the community and be run by the community in order to be sustainable and self-supporting. H&S issues need to be finally addressed and resolved to be opened to the public again and are a priority. I believe 1-4 must be done to open again fully.

  1. Fire safety, get alarms and (sprinklers?) functional, and other fire stuff up to date.

  2. Water and H&S in the kitchen, follow the recommendations of the 2017 inspection.

  3. Build electrical power resilience with solar and battery sets, allowing water purifying and fire equipment to work.

  4. Get kitchen hot water functional. Install separate kitchen drinking water tap.

  5. Improve lighting

  6. Get the underfloor heating working properly. Possibly can use FITS money for this as it is part of the dump load system. Possibly add extra heating for winter use.

  7. Regulate and educate on the use of the toilet, making sure visiting campervans do not tip mixed sewage into the system

  8. Refurbish floor, look at all possibilities and costs

  9. Decide on what legal entity can best serve the hub and its community.

The order in which things are done needs to be considered. If we fix the non-floor issues with Ayres's pot of £3,000, then Roger's up to £9,000 can go to the floor and associated costs regarding winter warmth.