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Update 7/26/21

7/27/2021

 
In the last few weeks we have accomplished a lot as a team and working side by side with Mission builders.  Last week Mission Builders cut the concrete floors and opened it up for new plumbing and Mike worked shoveling out all of the broken concrete and carting it away.  He also worked with Mission Builders to build walls in the front classrooms.

We also worked with Mission Builders to remove the old boiler room chimney,  which was 2 foot by 2 foot square.  Reached 10 feet tall from the flat roof.  Power hammer chisels hardly made a dent in the solid mass , but heavy duty sledgehammers did the trick.  3 days of effort brought the chimney down.  It will make it much easier to put up the roof rafters now.  

Brian worked side by side with Mission Builders to build walls in the fellowship hall.  It’s amazing how much they accomplished in one day. We are all learning from their construction skills.

Today the demo team worked to remove the closets in the old front classroom, which were made of concrete block.  We removed the steel door frames and solid cement headers, which crashed to the floor with a thud!   Far too heavy to move with out cutting or smashing everything into pieces.  More fun to come as we load the debris in a dumpster this week.

We also removed all of the slate window sills in the entire building and the wood trim.  Followed by removing the plastic base molding in the entire building.  

Thank you all for your hard work and dedication to this demo/build project.

Thanks,
Steve
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Work Day 7/15/2021

7/15/2021

 
Just another very productive and tiring day working at the Annex.  Thankful for the morning devotions conducted by Mission Builders and the unlimited supply of water.

Last week we cut out the HVAC ducts in the concrete floor and blocked off the return ducts under the concrete floor.  So this week we poured 3/4 of a yard of concrete in the holes, which worked out great.   We spent $165 for the u-cart concrete, but it was funded from our remaining metal recycle money.  Amazing how fast concrete sets when the inside temperature is well over 100 degrees!

We removed one of the breaker boxes from the fellowship hall, which no longer will be used in the remodel.

Next we removed most of the lights in the fellowship hall, which were no longer working as the ballast were all broken.  They will be replaced with energy efficient LED lights.

We also straighten up the fellowship hall with more cleaning upcoming. 

Lastly, we helped Mission Builders stand up one of the warming kitchen walls in the old sanctuary.

And like most work days we took 2 trucks to the recycler, which were the remaining fellowship hall wall heating units weighing in at 1,280 lbs and it paid $51.20.

Thanks for powering through the excessive heat!  You guys are just awesome.

Thanks
Steve

Annex Work Day - July 9th

7/9/2021

 
As you know we had another very productive day working at the Annex in spite of the sweltering heat inside.  Hard to believe it was cooler outside!
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The task of cutting up those gigantic heavy HVAC ducts was a real challenge.  We took 4 truck loads of scrap meat to the recycler weighing in at 1,740 lbs, which paid $104.40

We then cleaned up the remaining debris, which will be hauled away at our next work day and cleaned up some of the fellowship hallway.

When we started this project my goal was to ensure the demo work was done before mission builders arrived to start building.  We really did accomplish that goal as Mission Builders is just beginning to build next week.  The demo work that is left to be done is more cosmetic to include removing lights in the fellowship hall, pouring concrete and removing some more doors.  I learned this week in spite of what we thought was the plan it has changed and we will be removing the hallway ceiling to expose the rafters so that Mission Builders can remove specific rafters.

Thank you for your continued support
Steve Reiner


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