Original Wall Stencils. Peanut pattern in stone
City Parking lot used to stage truckload Carpentry used to build containers.
The Bell Tower is coming down .. Last of the Big Stones.
Pallet 1 Pallet 2 & 3 Pallet 4
Gettin the Rocks Off .... One Days Work
Pedro 42,000 pounds to Texas
Roof coming off Columns
Stones on the south side of the bell tower have much more weathering than other walls.
Day 1 - 4 Pallets Day 2 - 4 Pallets Day 3 - 5 pallets
Purlins Stone Removal 1904 Numbered Stones
Truck # 8 Loading
Day 4 - North Tower wall 1/2 done
Roof Debris Clean Sanctuary Work Area
Rented back yard of neighboring house
With the roof panels gone, can prepare to lift the trusses.
First, the atrium and west wall have to be removed.
Disassembling the north and south atrium walls.
And the main west wall.
The original church door. The archway entrance is complex. Stone TD36 is a single stone.
Palletizing these shaped stones will be challenging.
Stone removal tools .. The long T-head crowbar is crucial to fast stone removal.
Jauquin building pallets. Carpentry is a big portion of shipping stone. Panels for pallets.
Corrugated used to separate layers of stone, and straw to buffer them.
When the atrium and west wall are removed, we will remove enough of the floor of the sanctuary to allow the high lift to enter the building and lift the trusses one at a time for disassembly.
The west wall arch was removed after recovering the large Gothic window frame.
West wall removed. Main entry support to prevent collapse as key stones are removed.
Big Window Frame ... Removing Keystone .. Note Arch Support Deformation
Arch top stones removed ... Complex Stone shapes
Hand built Pallets for Archway Stones Atrium Windows
Arch Stones Bell Tower Corner Stones
Atrium and West Wall removed Access to Trusses and Sanctuary
Truss # 1 in motion
Truss # 1 Disassembly
Disassembled Truss Buttress Truss Footing Stone
Truss 2 Truss turnbuckle
Work site is getting very crowded ... Moving all inventory to the parking lot.
Wet weather makes tight space a swamp
Plenty of room and solid work surface in parking lot. Atrium has been removed and road carved to get trusses.
Debris is used as platform for high lift to reach the trusses The high lift in action.
Remaining stone ... Smokestack, inside the Bell Tower, 4 arched doorways and a few buttresses.
Debris Platform for High Lift to reach Trusses Third Truss today .. Two more left
Disassembling the truss to fit on trucks Inventory accumulating in paved lot .. Trusses at far right
The north wall of the bell tower is down The site today
Bell Tower Archway coming down Key Stone
Side Lot Disassembled Trusses
Trusses connected in center Covered Trusses
After 10 weeks of polar vortex snow and freezing temps, we finally were able to get back to work on March 3, 2014. After work in December, we were 97% complete with recovery of all components except the below items. We have three short stone walls, arched doorways, a false truss, three buttresses, stained glass, six columns, elaborate window frames, the foundation stones, and lots of wood joists and beams to recover...
Window frames and Stained Glass.
Six heavy Bedford Limestone Columns - base, column, and caps.
Removing the false truss
Final Bell tower walls - note bracing on doorway arch to allow safe removal.
YI - bell tower inside - W2 - 2nd pallet from west wall. Polar Vortex Relief.
VIDEO of the Pulpit Roof coming down ... Saving the Columns.
Recovering the columns from the pulpit stage - No problems .. No Damage
The last column Carpentry work area
False Truss Final window frame
We are done with the recovery of stone and artifacts from the church .. ready for final demolition.
We completed disassembly of the church on March 17th and removed the remainder of the building, recycled metal and brick, landfilled the debris, filled the excavation with earth, planted grass, and turned the site into a small park that will benefit Middletown's historic district.
Final demolition at Work ... The wall is Gone !
Clearing out the church basement. The church lot required 1,200 cubic yards of good earth fill
Finally, we had to repair the back yard of the neighbor house.
We cleared the city parking lot, moving all of the reclaimed stone and wood pallets to a local warehouse where it can be classified and prepared for shipment when needed at a much lower cost than space in Texas.
Palletized stone, wood, trusses, windows, columns, everything.
Finally ... the last big rental bills go back to Equipment Depot
Day 1 7 months later
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Frank, John, Lee, Brian, Aaron Pedro, Joaquin, Will
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