A roof, a vault, ducts and pipes

By Saturday, Warren had nearly all the shingles on the back half of the new roof connecting the old sanctuary building to the clerestory. He and Vitaly were getting ready to put sheathing, tar paper and shingles on the front half. Check the photos at the bottom of this long post.

Under the roof in the new narthex, the framing around the old front door to the sanctuary building is no longer helping to support anything. Only one window is missing in the clerestory. Three large windows on the front of the building, one on either side of the main doors and one just inside the enlarged sanctuary (and a matching one on the back side), must be framed in.

After "Golddiggers" finished digging in 104th Avenue, it excavated a 9-foot-deep hole in the grass west of the admin module for a concrete vault to hold an anti-siphon valve. The valve will keep water in the 6-inch diameter fire sprinkler line from draining back into the city water main. Dirt from that hole now forms a mini-Mound Emmanuel between the pre-school play yard and the new building.

Air ducts have emerged from the crawl space and climbed into the attic of the classroom wing.

The nursery, the AV room and two storage rooms (one for the sanctuary and one for the new narthex) have been framed in. There's plumbing in the nursery bathroom not only for a toilet and sink but also for a washing machine. Pipes also have been run to bathrooms and sinks in the classroom wing.

Almost all the exterior doors have been placed, although many don't have hardware yet, and none have trim installed. Warren says it's time for a building committee to pick the church's new front doors -- an important decision. With those installed, and the roof and the windows finished, we can start drying out the interior, he says.

Meanwhile, Warren's been lining up contractors for the next phases. He and Larry D. also have been compiling another unexpected set of contractor documentation for General Assembly. Good news: The city is allowing a set of sprinkler valves, which had crowded the men's restroom and then kitchen storage, to be put in the utility basement -- where we proposed putting it in the first place.