Finishing Touches on the Construction

Above and below you can see the difference of putting tile on the floor by the elevator in the Social Level of the church.

You also may have noticed that the railings by the southeast entrance have received its first coat of paint.

In addition, the awning now has a metal cover on it (below) to match the awning on the south side of the Social Level entrance.

When is the Elevator gonna be ready?

Before we let anyone else in, we'd better make Fr Vogel test ride it.

"It works!"

Elevator Progress

Work continues on our elevator.

 Although there is more work to be done, what may

 take the longest now is the inspection process.

Elevator Progress

The elevator work is progressing

 from the bottom to the top. 

Elevator Progress

There have been a lot of changes to the room once used by our ushers and servers as we prepare for an elevator here.

Here are some pictures taken over the last few months:

These last three pictures were taken this afternoon:

Elevator Movement

Over the last month, a lot of work

 has been done for our elevator.

 First, we had to take out part of a wall.

 Then we needed to dig down ...

 ... before we could start to build up.

After Easter Sunday we should be cutting through the floor.

Cutting up Walls and Floors

The picture above was taken in the storage room of the Social Level of the church.

First part of the wall needed to come out of the way, then ...

... flooring needed to be cut out. There will be a hole 5'2" deep to hold the hydraulics for our elevator.

Tearing Down a Wall

 There was a lot of activity in the storage room yesterday.

To make more room, one of

 the walls was taken out.

Then the smashed bricks were hauled away.

Because the elevator will take away some of the room to store tables and chairs, it was important to first expand what we have,

Working on a Snow Day

Some may have had today as a snow day, but work continued on the baptismal font ...

... the new storage room ...

... converting the old Usher's/Server's

 Room to hold the elevator ...

... and the new crucifix.

So for some, it was a very busy day.