Masonry Complete!

Jascin N. Leonardo Finger • June 8, 2015

For the first time in many, many months, we can finally see the Library/EcologyLab building without any sort of scaffolding or tenting! The masonry work is now complete! A huge thank you to island mason Wayne Morris and his mason tender daughter, Andrea, for their wonderful work. Steel was replaced, cracks filled, a large area of the southeast corner rebuilt. It was much more complicated and required much more work then I just mentioned here but I have detailed much of it in previous posts. The carpenter is wrapping up some re-shingling and gutter and downspout replacement and repair. Next up, the painting of the stucco portion, the original steel windows, and the original gutters and downspouts on the building. Island painter Jim Tyler and his crew will be painting the building with a mineral paint – environmentally and stucco friendly building.

 

And we are currently at work on planning the interior work so stay tuned!


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