Monday, 19th September, 2011
The work continues
We visited the building yesterday after the church service. Alain has been plastering the main hall and you can see the results in the picture. What you can't quite see is how good the work is. Professional quality, the plaster is so smooth and all of the corners round the windows are sharp. The end wall is a slightly different colour because it is still damp having only been done this past Saturday. Alain, François and Olivier spent the day working on it.
I thought I'd take a shot of the pile of materials sitting in the middle of the hall. In the time that he's been doing the plastering Alain has used 85 bags of plaster. Each bag weighs in at 25kg so, overall, he's put just over 2 tons of plaster on the walls. I was amazed to hear how much has been used. Alain has saved the church somewhere in the region of 5000 Euros by doing all of this work, and that includes the purchase of materials.
There is a leak in the roof over the entry hall and water has been slowly coming into the building. This is the puddle that was on the floor yesterday. The walls in the entry hall are also soaked through. François asked me to take a few photos so that we can send them to the architect who will follow it up with the builder.
We are still awaiting the results of the Energy Audit. Apparently the required visits have been made for information gathering, we're just waiting for the actual report. I'm hoping to meet up with the building committee at the beginning of next week. We'll be deciding which heating system to go with - radiators or under-floor. Once that's decided things could move quite quickly and by the end of the year the heating may be in and the concrete floors poured throughout.
Jeannine on 19th September at 18:47 from 
This is a great idea, am really enjoying seeing the new updates. Well done to Alain he has done an amazing job.
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