The past two days have been very productive thanks to the many, many volunteers.
As we have moved forward, our plans have been adjusted. The building is looking pretty bare with no carpet downstairs and the bottom four feet of drywall removed from the entire downstairs. Actually, it looks a lot like it did 14 years ago when we were framing it in.
This is one of the stranger views right now. This is the foyer looking into the men’s and ladies’ bathrooms. The toilets have all been moved, and the partitions are gone along with four feet of drywall.
Jansma came three times and filled a semi-truck with our debris. We ended up having to get rid of the kitchen appliances, so they were also hauled away. As you can see from the pictures, the downstairs has been emptied out. Tuesday morning all the damaged chairs were hauled outside, cleaned, and set in the sun to dry. Tuesday evening a large group of volunteers came and carried all of those chairs up to three different classrooms in which we placed large dehumidifiers. Once the moisture is all gone, we will have the chairs tested to see if we were able to get them clean.
All the downstairs doors have been removed. All the areas that got wet have been thoroughly disinfected. The shed was emptied and its contents were cleaned. We organized all of the items being stored upstairs.
Wednesday evening men used the power washer on the exposed wood where it meets the concrete. After another disinfection, we will need to get the moisture content in the wood down to 8%. It was down to 18% before we added some moisture this evening. At 8%, we will have clearance to begin dry-walling. When the humidity reaches that level, the wood will be dry enough to cover back up.
More work was done on cleaning up the mud from the parking lot and landscaping. We hope to focus on this much more the rest of the week.
Many more pictures of our progress can be seen by using the links on our website.