Two pictures of the inside of Swanvale Halt church this week. About half the final layer of the flooring has now been laid and it looks amazing! I had worried as the plywood layer had been down for a couple of weeks that it felt very hollow and stage-like as you walked across it; but the addition of the oak veneer has changed that completely and it feels and sounds very solid and compact underfoot. You'd never guess that it was, across most of the building, raised several inches above the level of the original floor beneath.
We had a bit of a panic before the first planks went down over which way the grain should run. In my
mind's eye I'd always envisaged the planking running east-to-west, directing the eye up the church to the altar, but I found the architect and main contractor had agreed exactly the opposite. Consultation with everyone available to be consulted that morning (church administrator, one of the wardens, a variety of ladies) and some experimentation led to the conclusion that they were probably right, so off the chaps went and began laying the planks. I keep walking around inside the building and getting used to the incredible way it looks and feels.
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