Sanctuary Renovations and Organ Replacement: Photos March 4, 2005

Initial pressure check on chilled water supply for air handlers.

Insulating the air ducts in the narthex; ceiling supports completed.

Audio leads through floor to back of north rack room rack in media center.

Electrical power leads through floor on west wall of rack room.

South wall rack frame.

First day's completed stained molding panels.

Installing recessed light in chancel ceiling.

Insulated air ducts to east side of balcony.

"Musical Chairs" FUMC-B style: samples for new choir chairs.

More chairs.

Starting to stain 3 molding trim pieces.

4-inch "Full Flow" ball valve close-up - fully open. We have many of these in our water systems for both heating and cooling.

Installation of new electrical panel in rummage sale storage room that will supply power to Air Handler 1 for the sanctuary. Air Handler 2 for Fellowship hall will be supplied by an existing run from the panel in the boiler room used previously.

Water runs from the chiller after insulating.

Panel end of electrical power run from main transformer in south tunnel to new panel in rummage sale storage room.

Main panel end of the same electrical power run.

PROGRESS! The first load of scaffolding from the balcony being taken away.

Pulling wires through previously installed conduit.

Heating and cooling duct being installed under the chancel and altar.

Completed stained molding trim pieces.

Frank Schmidt signing for delivery of one of the speaker clusters.

Starting to set the circulating pumps for Air Handlers 1 & 2.

Added insulation of all pipe joints in addition to the pipe runs themselves.

Further progress on circulating pump installation; note ball valves in each run.

Attaching the first piece of "blue board" to the narthex ceiling prior to beginning plastering of the ceiling.

No sooner do we get them up than we cut holes in them for lights and speakers.

Kevin attaching a ball valve to a nipple before installing on the pipe run.

The "blue board" installation proceeding apace.

Duct work coming through the wall from under the chancel into the west organ blower pit ...

... and then up the wall into the west organ chamber above.

Gas-fired humidifier being readied for installation in the boiler room.

Initial setting of circulating pumps completed.

Air duct through floor in northwest corner of chancel - actually the crawl space under the altar which is separated by a wall from the chancel - that will terminate in the organ chamber on that side of the altar.

Duct work in the west end and against the north wall of the crawl space under the altar.