|
|
River Flooding In Northern Mexico Impacts Casa Del Rey.
We have pictures of the damage and clean-up in the July Flood Gallery.
There is also a Repair Gallery. So far, we have done only the Girl's Dorm, though it is nearly finished.
23 August 2010: Work is nearly complete on the Girl's dorm repair.
It has been difficult to find competent help at day labor prices, but we have found a brother to help us. You may see the work in progress in the Repair Gallery as work progresses. Our building advisors instructed us to replace the sheetrock with greenrock and use foam insulation instead of the fiberglass insulation that was in the buildings before the flood.
The walls behind the showers are compromised, so we must replace the showers also. This will be more expensive than the sheetrock replacement, but we have received enough support to complete the dorm at the rate that we are going.
Afterward, we will begin work on the kitchen and the rooms associated with it.
3 August 2010: We have located a contractor that is willing to remove and replace sheetrock in the Girl's Dorm.
- Girl's Dormitory: The sheetrock had been compromised prior to the flood by the failure of a shower pan. The flood made it plain that we had to change the sheetrock instead of just repairing it.
- Second floor: We need to build a fire escape and build a better stairway to access the building.
- Main Building: We are looking for a Mexican architect to assist us in a complete remodeling of the building which will involve major deconstruction. Mold is visibly growing in the closets (See the Flood Gallery). There is a bad smell in the pantry that houses the cooking pans.
- Nursery (former house parent's quarters): We will bypass this building until we have the Girl's dormitory and the main building functional.
- Wiring and plumbing are working except for some places in the main building. We have access to a good electrician. A plumber is more difficult to find, but we can get one as needed.
- The septic field appears to be holding up. Thank God!
- The furniture is being replaced as we can buy it. The children have beds and clothing now.
- The parsonage suffered less damage than the rest of the buildings, so it is close to full restoration.
26 July 2010: Bedding has been replaced and the buildings are in use again.
Though the buildings are in use, the old sheetrock remains in place. We are obtaining estimates for the cost of removal and replacement of the damaged sheetrock and insulation.
Operation Christian Love has asked for us to measure the linear feet of wall in the three flood affected buildings so that they can raise help for us. The measurements are as follows:
- Main Building: 7,315 ft (Outside girth is 468 ft.)
- Nursery (formerly used as the house-parent's dorm: 607 ft. (Outside girth is 107 ft.)
- Girl's Dorm: 1,340 ft.
Girth figures are provided because much of the siding must be replaced. We would like to use a hardibord or similar product to replace the black-board covered by cement plaster.
The main building is at a point in its life cycle where we need to refocus the space. We must fix the sheetrock in the portions of the building that are essential to operations and seek architectural help in renovating the building.
We appreciate all of the help that has been sent to help us stabilize and recover. God Bless you. We now need to turn our attention to the construction issues, which will cost more than replacing the bedding, clothing, and furniture that we lost. God is good, so we look forward to the future.
