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The Christmas Roof 2000

Setting up - the early days
West London Initiative on Single Homelessness

Setting up the site

A start was made on clearing all the rubbish. As all the windows had been broken, the glass had to be cleared to make it safe and then swept up.
By the second day some of the windows had been cleared of loose glass and were ready for boarding up 
Everyone at WISH is a volunteer and the chair of the Trustees is no exception!
Work continued throughout December with many hours every day were spent on site. As well as cleaning the building; the heating had to be overhauled, the electricity and gas reconnected and then came the installation of phones, showers, toilets etc.
There were holes in the floor that were filled and then we found some large metal objects sticking out of the floor which took some persuading to move.
The chef was delighted with what was to be the kitchen. It was bigger than he had expected. Others were more concerned about how to get sinks fitted with water going into them and stopping water coming through the roof.

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