The college group from the Central congregation in Johnson City, Tennessee, visited the first week of May. They helped us completed several of the hand rails that we are building. I have added some pictures of these. Also included are pictures of the new vents that we installed in April.
Things are progressing normally. As always, we appreciate all of your interest and prayers!
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I have uploaded some new photos. Click here to view.
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My brother-in-law Kevin Henegar took about a gazillion photos and I have tried to put them online here, but they are of such detail that they take up too much space. When I spoke to Kevin a while ago, he said I could post the link to his gallery and the password.
The photo gallery is at http://henegar.phanfare.com/album/333629. The password is ‘gracemine.’
I wanted to take a moment to check in and tell you what we have been doing since my last post in July. Shortly after the roof was finished, we began the task of building the handicap access ramp and fire escape system.
This was very interesting work! Each post that supports the decking had to be attached to a cross tie that was buried either three feet deep, or as deep as the hard clay/rock layer, whichever is shallowest. I was going to give you a count of how many holes we dug and how many posts we planted, but I lost count long ago! Most of the 6×6 posts are eight feet long, but the four posts used to support the highest decks were 24 feet long. Those long posts were lifted in place with the assistance of a rope from the window/doorway above.
The good news is that the final post was planted in place on Friday and we should finish the decking on December 1. We are very happy to see all of that digging come to an end!
I apologize for not checking in sooner, but not much else has been happening.
You can see pictures of all of this work by clicking here.
This week, the roofers finished installing the roof. Click here for pictures.
