On Monday, December 27, 2010 the library lower level construction began! The first day was fairly calm with the guys from Buckmaster Construction just coming in to do a little pre-construction set-up.
As someone who has lived through & most importantly survived major renovations without losing my marriage I can tell you that any man who sets up a construction site to contain dust is a hero in my book!
Laying plastic on the carpet in the back entry & sealing off the basement area that would see the major dust were just some of the pre-construction jobs Jeff & his guys did that morning.
Tuesday brought the guys back to the library bright & early to begin the jack-hammering of the concrete basement floor. Yes, it was very noisy, but you can't have construction without destruction! They had only been working about an hour when Rachel from the Wahoo Newspaper came to do an article for another topic & asked if she could take some pictures of the demolition.
We both went down to the lower level & I cautiously opened the door, it was a dust haze & the floor was fairly well destroyed, wheel barrows were being loaded with concrete chunks & Jeff was running the jack-hammer. They took a quick break to answer Rachel's questions & she took a few photos then it was back to work--no goofing off we need this project done soon!!
Actually it went fairly fast & when I came back from lunch at 1:00 they had finished & left for the day. When I went back downstairs later that day to make sure all the lights were off, I was amazed at how well they had cleaned up the job site & even put up caution tape over the dug out path that will be the home of the new sewer line.
Now we are just waiting for the next phase--the plumber who will install the new sewer line for the bathroom.
In future posts I will explain why we are doing this project, what we will do with the space, how it is being funded, etc...I will also consult & share this space with our project manager, Dennis Jeppson who will make sure what I post is the correct construction terminology!
Denise
