Libramont Building Project - And then there were two...

Monday, 3rd May, 2010

And then there were two...

Saturday there was another work day at the building. I had a visit to do in Libramont so popped in to see how things were going. François and Françis were working hard when I arrived. Olivier had been there in the morning. One thing I didn't know was that the tall windows at the front open right up and you can go in and out through them. Eventually the Sunday school and crèche rooms will be "behind" those windows so when whoever is in charge wants to send someone out of the room they can do it in style.

This is Françis mixing mortar for the next job to be done. He and François had earlier fixed up a new beam in the entrance hall and the mortar is to fill in the gaps where they had to cut into the wall for the beam. The next picture shows the detail better than I can describe it.
As you can see from this photo the floor is really tidy - Alain and François came in during the week to remove the debris left over from all the other works. This was in anticipation of the new concrete floors being done. Unfortunately the builder who was going to do the job didn't manage to get to us last week.

This is it! The new beam. It was made by the same people who made the other parts for the roof. François simply called them up, gave them the number for the plans and they said "Yup, got some of that left". I never realised how all this kind of stuff worked. That's why it is such a blessing that we have François on the team - his background is in the building trade so he knows what to do.

Seeing as how I'd already been staring at ceilings I noticed this piece of paper stuck to the concrete ceiling in the downstairs of the old building. How it got there and why it is there is anybody's guess. It provides a simple guide to laying floor planks and constructing partition walls. Most useful.

François had hoped to be able to start building some of the internal walls on Saturday. However, as mentioned above, the builder who was due to come in and pour the floors didn't make it during the week so they had to find other things to do. One job was carrying 320 breeze-blocks up to the first floor so that no-one would take them. It took them a while apparently. The blocks are stacked over the pillars that support the floor - smart thinking that.

I'm very grateful to François, Françis and Olivier for all of the work that they did on Saturday. Again and again they prove their dedication to the building project by putting in hours of their time to do hard work on the site. Thank you!