Renovation Progress Sep. 22-28, 2012 Week 51
Sep 22 A Saturday morning walk shows the canopy progress on the south end of Ottilia Hall
Sep 24 Touch-up painting in the Infirmary
Sep 24 Wooden forms removed from the kitchen walkway slab
Sep 24 Plumbers finish installing drains in the kitchen and BSRC food service areas
Sep 24 north half of Sister Bernadette s room gets carpet to cover where the chimney hole disrupts the original hardwood
Sep 24 3 rd Ottilia vinyl flooring in elevator lobby was finished on Friday
Sep 24 Vinyl flooring crew in elevator cab and 2 nd Ottilia lobby area
Sep 24 Window washing begins in the infirmary prior to the last row of storm windows on the east side of Ottilia Hall
Sep 24 Window ledge masonry continues outside private retreatant bedrooms
Sep 25 More painting in the Infirmary; laundry restroom gets a door installed
Sep 25 Banister replacement and step repair in Ottilia s south stairwell
Sep 25 Cleaning crew returns
Sep 25 Door closers and latch mechanisms are installed in various places (right); 2 nd Ottilia water fountain location will be established at a later date so plumbing is tucked back into the wall)
Sep 25 2 nd Ottilia elevator lobby; light fixtures return to 1 st Ottilia parlors
Sep 25 Ottilia basement lighting fixtures are being installed
Sep 25 Robby and Chris investigate the bat nesting area beneath the Ottilia Hall west gutters
Sep 21 Cleaning and painting windows for storm window installation on the east side of Ottilia Hall
Sep 25 Plumbers under the kitchen connecting all those floor drains to the main system
Sep 25 Got sand? Piles of sand for grout in the kitchen area are hauled in one wheelbarrow at a time
Sep 25 BSRC Dining area is brushed clean prior to sand arrival; kitchen tile mock-up in process
Sep 25 Communications crew sets up data service in the new Mailer Room (left); original banister spindles are set in place for upper flight of stairs to 2 nd Ottilia
Sep 26 Painters get a coat of primer on kitchen and BSRC sheetrock
Sep 26 Grout mixing en masse
Sep 26 Setting grout in place beginning in the employee dining room and the dishwashing area
Sep 26 Got more sand?
Sep 26 Storm window installation continues; attaching hardware on doors
Sep 26 Removal of steel panels and cleaning out of bat guano on northwest façade of Ottilia Hall; area is covered with netting to let air dry and keep further critters out
Sep 26 2 nd Ottilia banister reinstallation progress
Sep 26 One more window sill completed outside private retreatant area
Sep 27 East door on kitchen walkway is access to /from service elevator (right); wall furring begins on the west end of the delivery walkway for walk-in freezer and cooler (below)
Sep 27 Kitchen delivery walkway drawings showing locations of access to walk-in cooler and freezer
Sep 27 A view of access doors from inside the kitchen
Sep 27 Grout mixing and application continues in dishwashing area and kitchen storage room
Sep 27 Replacement Pergo flooring begins to be installed on the north end of 2 nd Ottilia s hallway
Sep 27 South stairwell banister progress continues up to 3 rd floor with all new materials
Sep 27 Masons to finish tuck pointing around former doorways so that the last two storm windows can go up on 2 nd floor
Sep 27 Keeping the construction dust under control is no simple task on 1 st Ottilia
Sep 27 Hallway closet ceilings are installed on all three floors of Ottilia s north end
Sep 27 Robby and Chris (aka Batman and Robin) secure metal flashing along the brick to keep out Mother Nature s furry friends
Sep 28 Painting north door-turned-window on 2 nd Ottilia
Sep 28 Grout filling the kitchen floor proper
Sep 28 From top to bottom the center stairwell banister is refurbished
Sep 28 More Pergo floor installation on 2 nd Ottilia
Sep 28 Ottilia south stairwell progress
Sep 28 Rippled door surface on 3 rd Ottilia closet Kitchen walkway progress
Sep 28 South Ottilia ramp canopy work resumes
Sep 28 Kitchen walkway slab supports begin to be removed
Sep 28 Masons are back at the private retreatant windows
Sep 28 Unused steel furring material being hauled off-site
Sep 28 Kitchen walkway furring progress by week s end
Sep 28 A coat of varnish on new Infirmary entrance doors
Sep 28 Two thirds of the kitchen grout is completed
Sep 28 Ramp canopy gets a top
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