Supports for the Canopy Roof will be repaired and replaced |
The square wood bases will be replaced by steel |
We're digging large frost-proof footings for the posts |
Two of the posts rested on beams extending from the station |
New wood replacements have been cut to match the old |
New roof beams, too, are cut to match the old |
The waiting room windows are done ... |
Watering new planting |
Because the base of one of the existing posts . . . |
We've dug below frost and poured a heavy concrete footing . . . |
A base for the shortened wood post is welded in the steel tube. |
Cut off from an old post. Note inadequate depth to the old footing |
Installing an old post in the new steel base |
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One post could not be reused, so a new one has been turned. |
The old post was turned from the center of a single log. |
The new post is a lamination of 5 heavy mahogany boards. |
Elsewhere in the building, other exterior work continues. |
And work continues on the exterior - here, nailing a corner |
Two old posts are re-erected with steel bottoms on deep footings |
One old post and one new complete the posts holding up the Canopy |
Posts are set on concrete footings and holes are filled |
The roof of the Canopy is removed. Some beams are replaced |
Insulated glass on the door |
Upstairs, the canopy is braced . . . |
. . . and roof joists are replaced |