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Big Hut Restoration Plan

Stage 1 ­ Works completed 2003/4 Summer

• Repairs to flashings and external walls
• Roof secured by screws and sealed
• Outside cladding sealed
• Drainage installed around exterior
• Water tank reinstalled
• Third of floor re-leveled
• One bunkroom, kitchen, warden's quarters restored and repainted.
• Storage room (decommissioned second bunkroom) repaired
• Common Room repaired
• Site survey of hut and surroundings

Stage 2 ­ Works completed 2004/5 Summer

• Rust-proofing of roof
• Kitchen completed
• Waste drain installed
• Common room completed
• Toilet painted

Stage 3 ­ Works completed 2005/6 Summer

• Roof painted
• External walls painted
• Ceilings insulated
• 10 mattresses purchased

Stage 4 ­ Works completed 2006/7 Summer

• Entry lobby and drying room relined and painted
• SW cormer foundations repaired
• Second bunkroom painted
  
  

   

 

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Rock and Pillar Hut Trust Inc., R D 1, Omakau 9376, Central Otago, New Zealand