March. 2011. Tiles were removed from the old roof. The plan was to use them on the new building, but that didn't work out.
The wall was built at the back of the nave to keep the church and the soon-to-be demolished old parish hall apart. After that, the destruction of the old building commenced.
Our new building, monthly progress
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April, 2011. Parish hall, nave extension, basement classrooms, all reduced to ruubble and hauled away. Then we are left with a big hole in the ground. Then the foundation was poured.
May, 2011. Forms were placed and concrete was puured for the basement walls. There is no basement under the parish hall. We had quite a bit of rain for a while then.
June, 2011. In June the steel came. This very solid foundational stuff was one thing the old parish hall didn't have. Sub-flooring was laid over the steel, and flooring was poured over that. There was no basement under the parish hall/kitchen wing.
That telephone/power/cable pole was right were the kitchen was about to be, but we had to wait for those linesmen to get it disconnected.
The windows on the north side of the church were covered for a while, making the church a bit dark inside.
August, 2011. Well, I guess I was out of town in July, but the work moved right along, as you can see...
September, 2011. Roof work started as was the parish hall. One Sunday we all took a tour.
October, 2011. That pesky pole finally came down, so work on the kitchen could procede. We had a bit of snow but it didn't last long, nor did it slow down the work,
November, 2011. New sidewalks were poured. Work on the kirtchen accelerated, now that the pole was out of the way!
Roof over the kitchen. Work began on the parking lot.
December, 2011. Christmas! The builders created a back entrance for Christmas Eve, from the new parking lot. Also, the new sidewalk in front of the church was available before Christmas Day. The roofing job started.
January, 2012. The winter was good for the work: hardly any snow, and moderate temperatures, so progress continued. walls.
February, 2012. Outdoor work on stucco and the roof. Indoor wotk on drywalls.
