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[Flash@TMB]

We are already shut. On the 4th we sold off most of our draught half price, then gave the rest away for free to those that were still around at midnight, in an assortment of containers. One guy went off home lugging a 36 gallon bucket of beer!!!

The bar is likely to be closed for around 1 month, but it may be as long as 2 months worst case scenario. The builders are on a bonus to finish early.

I'll post stuff here as soon as we reopen.

The modifications are extensive:

Widen the rear of the room out from 4 feet to 17 feet.

Build a permanent stage 14 feet wide, 10 feet deep and 38" high positioned centrally across the rear of the room.

Establish a dancefloor 17 feet x 15 feet immediately in front of the stage.

Increase the number of seats, but make the seating removable in case we stage any really busy events.

Increase the capacity to 200-250 people.

Raise the ceiling to enable the sound to travel further.

Remove the floor tiles and reinforce the floor.

Gut both toilets and redo them in full stainless steel throughout. The ladies will retain all 4 cubicles.

Create a second fire escape.

Replace the roof at the rear of the premises with a sound proofed and insulate steel industrial roof running at a slope.

Install a new hot air blown central heating system.

Install new cold air intake and extract fans.

Reposition the machines to afford maximum clear view of on stage activity.

Extend the bar counter to improve access to the bar (although it was already the second longest bar counter in Aberdeen).

Redecrate the place sympathetically.

Install 25KW (yes TWENTY FIVE KW) PA system including delay speakers. Originally this was to be 20KW, but after testing the system out we determined that delay speakers were required to drive the sound the full length of the room when crowded. The modifications to open out the room will make the biggest difference to sound travel as currently less that 5% volume from any system will travel the full length of the room. The stage is also designed to accomodate the bass bins underneath in order for bass to travel along the floor and not interfere with the mid and top.

Afterwards the bar will appear much larger, but the overall look and feel with be the same, although we may struggle to replicate the smell and mould of the original toilets. Hopefully the sound will be an improvement. This system achieves HiFi quality sound at all levels, and is able to deliver incredible sound at very low levels so we'll pipe the jukebox through this instead of the current shite speakers.

That's the full story.


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[paranoid]

Originally posted by Flash@TMB:
Personally I love Paranoid

Aww bless.