Insulation, insulation

It may be hot outside, but we know winter will return! The inside of the sanctuary was sprayed with foam last week and the exterior of the building was covered with rigid pink insulation board. Today similar rigid insulation is being added to the inside of the ceiling, giving us extra protection from the winter cold. Other developments from last week: the (non-operational) sprinkler pipes have been installed, the skylight has been installed, the roof has been completed, and the electrical wiring has been roughed in.

The tie rods have been installed in the ceiling to keep the walls from splaying out and the temporary supports inside that were visible in previous photographs have been removed. One can begin to get a sense of the openness of the new sanctuary now. In the basement the furnace and hot water heater have been moved into placed. The top photo shows the building being wrapped in Tyvek (a little of the insulation board is visible in the gable). The two interior photographs show the sanctuary looking toward the street (top) and the sanctuary looking back toward the Daughly Gould room (bottom).