Outside

Structurally speaking, The 123 building is in pretty darn good shape, even without considering it's advanced years. A part of that is due to it's size - it's rather small and definitely narrow, making timber sagging a non-issue. Another, probably larger, part is due to the attention and care that it's received over the years. There have apparently been periods of neglect, but the periods of maintenance have counterbalanced and even outweighed the intermittent disregard.

One area that PC has been concerned with is this stone portion of the wall (west -the broadside that faces the parking lot):



You can see in the above picture the steel rebar that PC is tying into a grid. This is the beginning stages of pouring a concrete wall that will tie into the old stone work.




Here's a closer look:






Up close, against the building, PC dug down beneath the asphalt to provide a foundation for the new wall. The rebar is also tied into the wall at the rear of the parking lot, which is in much better shape (though it will eventually need cleaned and tuck-pointed again).






PC tying steel:



Next will come the wooden forms to 'form' the wet concrete into a wall. (They're already there, I just haven't been able to keep up with the posting).
And remember those square holes in the asphalt of the parking lot? I'll show you more of those, too.

Over at my blog -MKStover.com- I got to talking about drywalling and rototilling.
Over at the Taylor County Blog, I complimented the sidewalks (and Holy Cow! those new sidewalks deserve compliments! It looks great!).
I'll be back here before the end of the week to catch up on PC's weekend work.