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Anchor Missionary Fellowship Church Re-Construction project
After much prayer for a meeting place of our own Anchor Missionary Fellowship was invited by the caretaker of historical church property in Buxton and Scarborough, Maine. In 2002 the members began meeting in the fellowhship hall next to the church. After several years of prayer and loving labor the rotted sills and supportstructures under the building were replaced. The entire floor, including all the had crafted pews had to be removed.The old tin ceiling, which was rusted through and grey from age and water damge was repaired and painted. The horse hair plaster walls were repaired and painted. It was an overwhelming task that required many intensive hours of laber. Anchor fellowship members and folks for the local community pitched in to complete the reconstrution task in two years. This is an on going project as we are currently in need of steeple repairs and exterior painting.
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restoration project begins 1st week of July 2005 |
rotted sill |
replacing sill - jacking wall up to level |
Pastor Bill Keef explains project to local news reporter. |
under the pulpit - two feet of porcupine? dung |
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more porcupine |
missing sills |
missing sill |
rotted sill |
bowed wall |
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Barry Saunders & son Alex |
digging under granite slabs in preparation for pouring cement
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cemented rocks at footing of granite slabs |
Mike Saunders |
jacking the sills |
New Sill in place |
Floor coming up |
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half the floor and pews have been removed |
old oak and hemlock floor removed in panels |
this was allot of work |
where the pews belong |
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Frank Wright removing pews |
Frank cutting floor into panels |
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good cross section of what we gutted out |
removal of rotted debris continues
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floor falling out below the pulpit |
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more floor and porcupine dung exposed |
not much floor left to remove |
Barry and Frank putting in a long day |
Pews stacked outside |
In preparation for plastic protective covering |
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Pile of removed floor joists and timber |
Floor panels stacked out front |
View from the balcony
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New carrier (front) vs old carrier (back). |
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August 20th 2005 see project in the Portland Press Herald! |
August 24th - 99% of the new floor joists are in place! |
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| 3 X 8 Hemlock floor joists - expected to last into the year 3000 | Plastic placed over the dirt floor will help reduce mositure buildup. | as straight and level as it was in 1839 | ||
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| 3" of insulation being installed in the floor | 1/3rd of the floor panels back in place | 08/27 | before... | ...after |
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| reinstallation of floor - piece by piece - balcony was raised over 3 inches 09/01 | Holly Lane working hard to clean pews - 1 cup TSP 1 quart clorox 3 quarts water and lots wet sanding - about 1/2 hr per pew and there are over 3000 pews - so it seems | painting the flloor with Urethane Enamel - after 3 gallons of bondo - just like they used in 1836! | ||
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| floor took over 40 hours to prepare for painting - filled every nail hole - repaired every crack and cut and fit missing pieces. | 1st coat of paint - new stage left of pulpit prepared for installation of a new hardwood floor.. 09/15 | |||
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| the magic of bondo | removed deteriorated carpet around pulpit area | ..meanwhile in his spare time Dean is trying to get the outside wall scraped and painted 09/20 | ||
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| Frank sprays the pews with oil based semi gloss 09/ 24 | pews are staged for cleaning - once clean placed under tent for drying and storage and then into the yarn on plastic tarp for spray painting | |||
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