Colors Call The Day

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Let’s look in the annex first. If the students can’t locate the lockers, it certainly won’t be the fault of color choice. Gym lockers look a little different (little?) from the lockers we all knew and loved. Also in is the tiling for the rest room and shower room, a nice quiet color.

Moving over to the theater, we find a black ceiling. The pipes, etc. will be hidden when the “clouds” are hung. As with the walls, all painting of broad areas is done with sprayers. The finishing touches are made on the side walls, preparatory to their painting next week—maybe the dark red that will also absorb light. Notice that the stage visible on the left side of one picture, is painted a dull gray green. The back wall with the sound room windows is ready to be painted, too. Looking at the bottom of that photo reveals the uneven dirt floor that is waiting for excavation. Seems very much out of place, doesn’t it. Such flooring would be more fitting outside where the icicles hang all in a row above the snow. The spouts, blogger believes, are called scuppers, also in waiting for their gutters, or something. (See a few more photos below.)

Colors...more photos

If Motion Produces Heat...

…the construction site is a hot spot. In today’s photos you’ll see lots of motion or results thereof. Starting outside the faculty room (1996 addition) we see a mysterious slight plateau that surely has something to do with utilities (no word on exactly what yet). Over at the gym annex we see a man on a ladder in the strength training classroom working on something in the ceiling. Note that the framework for the ceiling tiles is in place now. Moving outside the same room, we note the large window in that room has a frame now. Glass can’t be far away!
Over in the theater men are installing ceiling panels on the sides of the theater proper and hanging more drywall. Above the highest seats toward the back, a man enters the sound room in the only available way other than the catwalk. The catwalk near the stage is another area of today’s labor. The back wall of the stage is painted now, and readers will recall that the paint has been sprayed on by painters wearing masks. Evidence abounds in precautions for safety. That is a relief. Prayers rise frequently for the safety as well as the thoroughness of the workers. And the people pray, Amen! Finally, as we walk down the steps that lead to the ground floor of the main building, we walk past the outside door and see a workman getting ready to put a second crash bar on the door. This door, one guesses, will not have access from the outside—a safety feature for the inhabitants. Again, Amen. (See below for the rest of today's photos.)

If Motion...continued

Painting The Town

Painting has been one big order lately in both building areas, theater and annex. The first two photos show two areas of the annex--amazing what a good paint job will do. The next three take us to the theater. What is the man doing on the lift? Not painting; the ceiling hasn't been put in yet, as you can see. Moving into the hall leading to the stage we can see that all has been painted the cream color that will reflect the light nicely. The theater proper will be black and dark red that absorb the light (we want it dark in there). Walking into the theater proper, we see that the framework above the stage has been drywalled. The lifts are still on the theater floor signaling that there's still work to be done up above. One can almost hear musical lines flowing from the stage, "The sun will come out tomorrow...."

Progress, Sweet, Cold Progress

What are they doing on the roof? Is there a leak that must be repaired? Ask the supervisor. Answer: no, the men are installing smoke vents. You can see one on the left side of the photo that shows the men leaving the roof. It’s the low brown topped thing. There will be a few more over the stage area near where this one is. Moving outside the theater and much closer to the ground, the lobby front has been uncovered to show to the world the new lintel piece (blogger’s name for it—it probably has another name).

As we move around the annex, we can now walk on a new sidewalk that continues from the one near the annex entrance. As we approach this entrance, we see a new piece of equipment—a large silver box. What is it? The men consult the plans.

The final picture puts us up on the cafeteria roof to find a workman putting up a kind of flashing needed on the part of the lobby wall that abuts the cafeteria back wall. (Sorry it's sideways.) As has been noted several times in this chronicle, they think of everything.