Shore Catch Wet Room Build Photographs
When we decided to move premises, an important consideration was the ability to construct an appropriate fish packing room. This room needed to be easily cleaned, and be suitable for gaining a permit where we can produce and sell food grade seafood products. The room is now finished and we have our final health inspection on Monday.
We have documented the build in photographs over the period and I thought members might be interested to see what was involved. The self-draining floor was the biggest challenge and we were fortunate to have a “master tradesman” prepared to do the job for us. The MAPEI products used were sensational and I would certainly recommend them.
We started with an old kitchen area.
The existing floor covering was vynl.
The bottom 300mm of existing plaster needed to be removed and the walls painted with acrylic.
The 800mm wide door was too narow for our purposes so needed cut out with the doorway enlarged.
The floor slab had to be cut to gain access to the sewer pipe.
An appropriate floor trap needed to be selected and installed.
The existing vynl flooring needed to be removed.
The residual glue had to be ground off (this was the worst job of the project).
Levels were set around the border (>1:100 falls across the floor, with steeper grade around the drain).
Engineered scree across the whole floor (It was a pleasure to watch the floor being formed by someone with years of experience and and turn out perfect).
Epoxy prime.
Epoxy wall coat. The product of the project was a MAPEI “snow” that when added to the epoxy products could “stiffen” them enough to bind to the walls.
The final coat of epoxy really came up a treat, and the glass spheres added at the end produced a non slip surface.
Given the floor at the door was raised by 50mm, there needed to be the frame and ramp.
The next phase was to move all the equipment in. The sink that you can fit a lug in, with the hot or cold pressure spray, was a bonus to find.
We have worked the room for a week or two, and it is really everything that we set out to build. The ease of cleaning has reduced the time for this task by a large amount, and the arrangement of items allows for very efficient operation.
Should anyone have any questions about the build or products used, please feel free to ask.
Mick
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carnarvonite
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Great
Certainly looks the goods, lot of work was needed to get it ready and now comes the final inspection
Da pirate
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Looks good.
Nice job mick ! It's come up mint !
I'll be back towards end of the year
for my cray bait .. cheers pirate
Rick
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Great job
Well done Mick
Looks great
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Faulkner Family
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Lot of work to set up a room
Lot of work to set up a room like that ..looks like you guys nailed it . Hopefully it all goes to plan with the inspection and you can start utilizing the room . Well done to all involved in the project
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davewillo
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That really looks good Mick.
That really looks good Mick. Interesting to see what you did so thanks for sharing.
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Mick C
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Update
We are pleased to advise that the City of Wanneroo health inspector approved our food permit today. As a food business we have a better chance of staying open during lockdowns, and we don't collect GST on our fresh and frozen seafood products. A lot of cost and hard work, but good to get the end result.
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davewillo
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Good new Mick. What sort of
Good new Mick. What sort of seafood products are you planning to sell?
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Mick C
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Seafood
Thanks Dave, the initial list is below.
We will stock up over the next week or so, and advise when we are ready. With the fillets, all fish will be WA sourced except farmed Atlantic Salmon (Tasmania) and farmed Barramundi (NT). No trawl or trap fish (wetline, or net for the baitfish, only). Of course, all are subject to availability.
Cheers.
Mick
Fish Fillets (vacuum sealed fresh and frozen)
Atlantic Salmon
Baldchin Grouper
Barramundi
Goldband Snapper
Gummy Shark
King George Whiting
Kingfish
Pink Snapper
Rankin Cod
Red Emperor
WA Dhufish
Baitfish (whole fresh or frozen)
Garfish
Herring
Mullet
Sardines
Whiting
Other (fresh or frozen)
Crab (Meat)
Crayfish (500-700g)
Mussel
Octopus (Large)
Octopus (Medium)
Octopus (Small)
Oyster
Prawn (Cutlet)
Prawn (Meat)
Prawn (XL King)
Prawn (XL Tiger)
Scallop (In Shell)
Scallop (Roe Off)
Scallop (Roe On)
Squid (Australian Tubes)
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Rob H
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Hey mick, congrats, I hadn’t
Hey mick, congrats, I hadn’t been looking on here so missed all this!
Where is the new location?
Also curious, why no trap fish specifically?
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Mick C
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Cheers Rob
Rob,
New location is directly opposite the Waneroo Markets on Prindiville Drive. A much better retail location for us, and the ability to get a health permit for the sale of food grade products (something that we would have been unable to do at the old location without major building works).
Probably shouldn't have excluded trap fish specifically. We are intending to only sell fish fillets of the highest quality, and the trap fish at market are sometimes not that great. We also have established relationships with processors that secure wet line fish direct from the boats and these seem to be of the highest quality. I guess it will be case by case, but we will be very picky about what we source.
Mick
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davewillo
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I'll definitely be a
I'll definitely be a customer once you're up and running Mick. I don't catch enough to ensure we always have fish!
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Rob H
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Hey Mick, I thought it may
Hey Mick, I thought it may be idealogical rather than quality control.
Certainly some trap operations are a bit rough, but I know Brown Dog Fishing (NW shelf) works pretty hard at his quality control but I dont think his lands on the Fish market floor
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
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Mick C
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Quality
It's about the quality. No worries with professionals and how they catch it - just what condition it is in when you see it.
Had a skipper from Brown Dog in the other day, and have every confidence the fish would be good quality. It sends fish to a few major processors in Perth and not the market floor - although there are plenty of old Brown Dog lugs hanging around.
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Roobuoy
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nice work Mick, says it all
nice work Mick, says it all about Shorecatch - quality!
the way I've been going of late I might bypass the XL mulies and just go straight to the fillets!
Ticketyboo!!
Brock O
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Congrats, looks great!! All
Congrats, looks great!!
All the best with the new setup I'm sure it will take off!