Low-beams

The photos below from Thursday morning show installation of the I-beams that will support the floor in the entry way/fellowship area, the offices and the kitchen. By Thursday evening, Warren said, beams were in place over much of the rest of the lower area -- nursery, restrooms and such.



Larry, Paul and Sue have pulled out or hammered down the 17 million staples (sometimes I exaggerate) left in the floor of the classroom wing when the particle board was removed.

Warren expects to lay down plastic, lash up some rebar and pour a concrete floor in the utility basement around noon on Friday, and the city is due to show up for an underfloor inspection Friday afternoon.

The framing crew will begin to put the decking down on Saturday. By a week from this Sunday, Warren is certain we'll be able to have our dance after morning worship. Even some of the wall framing may be up.

Meanwhile, the Exodus crew, including Dan C. and Mary Anne, will be talking about when to schedule a work party to get the remaining good stuff out of the narthex and sanctuary and into storage. That's because, once the floor decking is down and the walls start going up, the framers will want to strip parts of the sanctuary building down to its framing so they can tie the old and new buildings together. The work party will be probably be on a Saturday in one or two weeks.