Tim Swartz, Author at Capital City Grange - Page 3 of 10

December 31, 2019–electrical outlets get installed

June 14, 2020 by Tim Swartz

Convenience outlets installed in the East wall and others will allow lower-level users to plug in laptops, projectors, speakers, and anything else needed. The outlet boxes will be installed in the cutouts in the foam panels; wires are run in channels molded into the foam.

There is a separate circuit for power for the sump pump; also for the dehumidifier (not visible in this picture).

January 2, 2020: sheetrock & FRPs delivered

June 14, 2020 by Tim Swartz

Jan. 2–the Kamco truck came with this small “Moffett” forklift attached to the back, which the driver is using to lift down the stack of sheetrock, with the Fiberglass Reinforced Panels (FRPs) on top.

With the panels set on the ground by the fire exit door, Stan Carlson and Sam Planck bend an FRP to get it started down the stairs.

Jill Murphy and Thomas Begley move an FRP past the plastic, to the temporary work-site storage location in the alcove between the kitchen and the fire exit stairs.

Sam and Dean Grondin bring a piece of sheetrock (moisture and mold-resistant type) down the stairs.

Stan and Kurt Giavara pick up one of the last pieces of sheetrock.

January 4, 2020 and on–sheetrock and FRPs get installed

June 14, 2020 by Tim Swartz

Jan. 4th–Stan has replaced the stairs, and started the sheetrock installation.

The sheetrock now covers the foam insulation panels in the stairway.

Stan is installing more of the sheetrock, on the North end of the basement.

By the end of January, all the sheetrock is up, taped, compounded and sanded, and FRPs are installed all along the East wall.

Stan is imprisoned by his own work…the bracing holds the FRPs tight to the stairwell walls while the adhesive cures.

January 24, 2020–trim for the windows starts

June 14, 2020 by Tim Swartz

New, pre-primed, finger-jointed pine boards arrive on top of the Grange “truck”–Tim’s Yaris hatchback.

Lisa Wilson and Jill Murphy put a finish-coat of white paint on both edges of all the pine trim. This saves a LOT of tricky “cutting in” painting after the trim is installed.

Stan cut and installed all the trim around the windows, on all the stairwells, etc.–but managed to escape the camera!

February 10, 2020 and on–new ceiling tiles!

June 14, 2020 by Tim Swartz

Volunteers moved all the movable tables, the Kids Trade & Play shelves, all the folding chairs, and everything else into the alcove area, to clear the way for ceiling and carpet-tile work. We got the ceiling tiles for the entire basement delivered by Sticks & Stuff in early February; another good crew of volunteers unloaded them and brought them downstairs. Kurt Giavara and Tim Swartz installed them all in the next couple of weeks, while Stan installed railings.

Here’s the stack of panels in the center of the cafeteria.

Stan had re-installed the wall angle supports for the ceiling tiles, and we began dropping new tiles into the open spaces in the ceiling support grid. The new tiles in the cafeteria area are divided into 8 squares per 2′ x 4′ panel, to make the ceiling look less like a typical grid.

Kurt is laying out cuts on tiles–the narrow ones needed around the edges, and the ones that had to fit around the lolly-columns.

All the tiles are installed in the cafeteria! Note the new paint on the sheetrock above the FRPs on the wall; more volunteers did all of that painting before the window trim and the ceiling grid and tiles were installed.

Next, Kurt and Tim installed new, fire-resistant ceiling tiles in the kitchen. You can see the difference between the old, gray-looking ones and the new, white ones! This change made a big difference in the feeling of light in the kitchen, as it did also in the cafeteria.

While we worked on the ceiling tiles, Stan installed new wood railings in the stairwell. The wood railing stock was pre-finished by Liz Benjamin and Tim. The old pipe railings (still in place on the right side) never looked as good as the new ones! Changing wall levels created challenges for Stan, but he came up with creative and attractive solutions.