Changes in the (former) Fireside Room

Now you see the fireplace...
now you don't!

The North Wall Repairs

In some of the sanctuary pictures, you see a section of sheet rock cut from below the stained glass window - this helped the inspectors and engineers to see that the wall needed to be rebuilt for increased stability - It was interesting to watch as the sheet rock was removed, the outside siding and plywood was removed, the stained glass window was removed and then the whole wall, working from the left and right sides towards the center - they fixed it!

Sanctuary floor - beam repairs

This week it has been very interesting to watch the next steps of - moving the pews all to one side of the room, pulling the carpet up in one big piece, rolling it to one side, then prying up the flooring so that they could finish nailing the blocks that had been installed from below, in the ceiling of the fellowship hall. Then they rolled the carpet back down, moved the pews to the other side, and did more work. The workers also added LOTS OF NAILS to the flooring.

The Sanctuary - Repairs in progress!

The first wall - sheet rock has been removed and the wood blocks have been nailed inbetween every stud!

The Sanctuary -waiting for repairs

Here is a series of pictures, starting with that first day after the storm. Giant pieces of plastic laid over the pews, which were pushed together.

Some work was done - notice the sheet rock removed from under the stained glass window, during inspections by engineers to evaluate the inner construction of the walls.

Progress Report - Fellowship Hall

Although the Fellowship Hall was not damaged by the storm, it is undergoing some changes due to building code requirements.

The first picture shows the result of taking everything out of the church kitchen (a previous workday project) and sorting - garbage, Goodwill, keep it - thank you ladies, this was a big job to empty every cupboard and drawer in the kitchen!
We eagerly await the day when these items will be put away in our new kitchen!

There are two new "short" walls at the end of the room we used for adult Sunday School class.

One wall has had the sheet rock removed and blocks have been installed as a part of the "shear" wall
The ceiling tiles have been taken down so that the workmen could install blocks as well.
Our stuff has traveled around the room, and now is under black plastic along the wall.

The south wall - it took almost two weeks to remove the chimney and fireplace, and rebuild the wall. I watched as the workman was removing some studs from the wall of the library - because of chronic leaking, the lower 12 inches of the studs had rotted away!

First days after the storm

Pictures taken the day after the storm - the bus barn in piles, ribbons of roof metal everywhere, a new view of the neighborhood through the hole in the roof. Since we didn't know what the weather was going to do next, or how or when things would be repaired - there were people helping to pick up the metal roofing, moving the pews together and covering them with GIANT pieces of plastic, moving all the libary books, videos and other items into the playroom...

There were special tools in the bus barn that belonged to the Leamys, and in all that disarray, the Schultz boys found the tools!

BUILDING REPAIR UPDATE - 7/11/08

1. The chimney and fireplace have been removed.
2. The repairs to the north and south walls are complete.
3. Sheer walls have been put in place in the north and south ends of the Fellowship Hall.
4. Blocking is being added to all of the sanctuary perimeter walls.
5. Pending projects include:
   

• Adding blocking between the top plate and the roof so that a positive connection can be made and the roof can be secured to the top plate.
• Installing the ridge beam inside the sanctuary at the peak of the ceiling.
• Removal of additional siding.
• Install blocking in the sanctuary floor system.
  

Church roof metal strips along fence

First view after the storm

LCBC REPAIRS

This is a new site which will feature pictures of the ongoing repair work to the Lewis & Clark Bible Church.