Reference ledger

Reference projects

The entries below are samples for the owner to replace with their own jobs. Each says what the building is, what was done and who was inside while we worked.

Sanctuary
Sanctuary ceiling and balcony, Central City
Plaster repaired and the whole ceiling repainted from a rolling scaffold inside the nave.
Pews, organ and floor covered
Services held in the hall while the scaffold stood
Aisle cleared before each weekend
Exterior
Steeple and belfry, Seventh Ward
Loose paint scraped to sound wood, louvers and trim repaired, then primed and painted from a tied-in scaffold.
Scaffold tied to the structure
Work stopped for wind and lightning
Sidewalk fenced on service days
Hall
Fellowship hall and kitchen, Holy Cross
Walls, ceiling, doors and trim in the hall, and a washable finish on the kitchen walls.
Hall closed on weekdays only
Kitchen finished before the next supper
Furniture moved by the congregation, covered by us
Child-occupied
School corridors and classrooms, Broadmoor
A parish school wing built before 1978, painted over a summer break with containment at every door.
Age and use of each room settled with the school first
Wet scraping, a HEPA vacuum and a cleanup check
Wing handed back before classes returned
Residence
Rectory exterior and porch, Irish Channel
Clapboard and porch columns repaired and repainted for a residence beside the church.
Pre-1978 steps followed on the whole house
Color kept to the existing scheme
Porch used again the next weekend
Commission review
Storefront church facade, Faubourg St. John
Photographs and a color schedule went to the commission before any paint was ordered.
Review answered before the scaffold went up
Existing colors matched on boards
Photographs kept for the board's file