Restoration News Vol1 Issue 9

Slow going....again.

Frustration!  I thought we would start this year flying and initially we did.  But a succession of equipment failures have thrown us, as much as three weeks, off schedule.  The foreman assures me it is time we can make up but I doubt we will get back all of those weeks.  As a loveable character in a movie once said, "Just keep swimming."  For me, I'll just keep praying.

The compaction of the fill in the foundation is finally complete.

A Visitor's Perspective

A truly unique and wonderful look at the Cathedral and its surroundings.


St. John's Cathedral, Antigua from jeff bradley on Vimeo.

Restoration News Vol 1 Issue 8

We're back!!  Primarily as an online publication.  Please read, share and enjoy.

Replacing the Perimeter Beam at the Entrances

There is a 12" x 12" hardwood beam that runs on the inside perimeter of the Cathedral walls.  Where this beam passes under the doors at the three entrances to the Cathedral, it has disintegrated.  This is due to their exposure to water because they are intact everywhere else .  We are therefore replacing them with steel reinforced concrete beams at the door entrances only. 

The remanents of the perimeter beam are shown above, right where it passes under the door sills of the South entrance.

The placing of the steel reinforcement is shown above.  The men are standing next to the metal decking where the new aisles will be poured.

Restoring a Cathedral With One Dollar

We have launched an email campaign to raise funds for the Restoration.  We are asking as many people as possible to donate just $1.00  If we get this campaign to become viral, we could raise all the funds we need.  Please double click on the promotional flyer below to zoom or select full screen from the menu bar below.
 

 

Online donations can be made by pressing the "Donate" button on the right.

Floor Works

The backfilling under the pews for the Southern half of the Cathedral has been completed.  The pictures below show the pew areas in the South transept and nave that have been back filled and compacted. 

South Transept

Nave under South balcony

Nave

Nave under balcony looking from West to East

Closeup of South Transept

 

The metal decking for the aisles has been placed.

Nave under South Balcony looking to where the War Memorial Chapel was

South Transept

South Transept

Nave under South balcony

 

 



The floor will be reinforced with half inch diameter steel bars.

 

1/2 inch steel rebar

 

The 12 inch perimeter hardwood beams disintergrated at all of the door entrances.  We will replaced the beams there with steel reinforced concrete beams.  The picture below shows where the remenants of the partially disintergrated beam was removed from the South entrance.

 



Channel for new RC beam at South entrnace