Muddy Monday

Taping and mudding on Fellowship Hall wall.

New door and mudding in kitchen.

More mudding in kitchen with drying fan.

New door in back hallway. Exterior painting continues. The "yellow" is the
prime coat, not the finish color.

 

We passed the drywall nailing inspection last Friday, so the taping and mudding began today.

They brought in fans to help with the drying process. The seams are being mudded first then the "nail" holes (they are actually drywall screws) will be filled. I'm not sure how many layers of mud they put on before it is considered complete.

 

   The soffit on the back side now has two coats and we can begin painting the siding. We still need a second coat of soffit paint on the front. The interior beams continue to be a project of touching up. There is a coat of paint on the major sections, but it take a tall ladder or scaffold to reach some of the detail work.

 

   Come this weekend, we can probably use all the painters we can get--inside and out. While I was painting on Sunday evening, some of the Marshall Island fellows volunteered to stop by this weekend to help us. That will be great! Kommol tada! (thank you).

More Painting to Come

Our doors have been re-hung.

Siding is going up.

  Today HHJ is covering the Tyvek with our new siding. The Hardie board is already primed, so once we get two coats of paint on the soffit, we can put a first coat of body paint on the siding. We have a crew of four this morning working on the soffit paint.

   The framing inspector did not show up yesterday, so maybe today. Once that is done, the insulation can be installed.

   By Friday afternoon, the temporary phone lines should disappear and we should have internet access at several points around the building and the Chapel.

   Let's hear it for Stepping Ahead!

Picture up-date

Inside Fellowship Hall--filling the gap.

New doorway from nursery to playground.

New sidewalk to back classrooms.

New sidewalk on Chapel side of Fellowship Hall.

New entry walk from parking lot to Fellowship Hall.

New windows and ready for siding.

Another view of a new window.

   Sorry that it has been awhile since the last up-date, but things have been happening around here. When I haven't been busy with pastoral things, I've been trying to help paint, along with many other Wayside folks. To date, we have primed the interior and exterior. Mostly a first coat of paint on the front soffit and we are making headway on the back.

   The wood/glass door from the Fellowship Hall to the parking lot has been re-installed. The interior beams have mostly received a first coat of paint. The smoke alarm system is being wired, along with telephone and data lines.

   Insulation was delivered today and the drywall should be delivered on Friday. They will start dry walling on Monday. Somewhere around the 24th or so, we will need to make a concerted effort on interior painting. In the meantime, we need to get two coats of paint on the soffits before we can begin painting the siding. The siding will pre-primed, so that will save one step.