Renovation Updates

The Great Renovation continued at a slow pace this past week as contractors were still out on holiday. However, some work did continue on the south addition stair tower installing landings, stringers and starting to install treads and risers. Won’t be long until the stairs will be useable to access from the basement to the […]

12/28 The Great Renovation continues this week albeit with small crews through the holiday season. The south addition windows have all been installed, flashed and sealed against the weather, a major milestone to enable mechanical and electrical rough-into proceed. The south stair tower stairs framing has begun with landings installed and stair stringers started. Wall

Good Morning and Happy Thanksgiving to all. Although a short week, the Great Renovation continues with framing of the second floor of the south addition along with the elevator shaft and stairwell. The back door exterior concrete pad was poured and exterior door frame installed. The sidewalk section along Franklin Street that was removed to

The Great Renovation continues this week with framing of new walls on the second floor of the 1967 addition, installation of door and window frames on the second floor, installing overlay on first floor of the 1967 addition, begin reinforcing roof rafters above the third floor, forming and pouring concrete for the stair tower and

The BFPL Great Renovation continues this past week with pouring of the elevator room concrete foundation on the south side of the building, construction of a masonry wall at the basement level between the elevator room and the basement interior spaces, installation of lateral (horizontal) braces in the third floor ceiling, reinforcing of roof joists/first

The Great Renovation continues this week with new wall openings being cut in between the historic library and the 1967 addition on the second floor. This is a brick wall that has to be carefully opened up and reinforced. Wall insulation continues to be installed in the 1967 addition with wood strapping over the insulation

The BFPL Great Renovation continues this week with the stair from the second floor to the third floor (previously known as the attic!) is removed and the opening infilled with framing and decking. Structural steel has finally arrived and been installed for the third floor including steel columns at the wood columns along the north

The Great Renovation continues these past two weeks (I was out of town last week and apologize for not posting) with brick removal on the south wall to expose the first floor wood sill in order to infill rotted areas, wall framing on the interior for room layouts, interior insulation installation in the first and