Summary of the Rebuilding Process

It has been a busy week so I am not sure if I have repeated myself on what exactly happened. So, let me do a quick recap.

Center Flooded Late Monday Night / Early Tuesday Morning. 
- Our internal cameras show the water entering the building after midnight. The video shuts off for several hours, presumably due to loss of electricity.

Tuesday Morning
- We access the building on Tuesday morning. I have an earlier post about that. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
- The clean up process began right away Tuesday morning. Staff members, family and friends came to work.
- We removed destroyed items, Saved what we could. Using mops and shop-vacs, we removed what water we could and mopped up the dirt.
- 1st Choice water remediation company was onsite that morning to start removing the water with their professional equipment.
- Majority Builders was onsite that morning as well.
- The water line outside the building was about 3 feet deep, the waterline inside the building was about 9 inches deep.
- The challenge was to dry the building as soon as possible to prevent any more water damage and prevent mold.

The Rebuilding Process
- We made the decision that all the interior walls were water damaged enough to require the bottom 2' of drywall and all interior & exterior insulation had to be removed.
- Further, all base cabinets (classroom, offices, kitchen, etc) were damaged as well.
- The rest of the week was spent doing demolition.
- We worked closely with the water remediation company and the environmental engineers to make sure that the building would be clean and safe for our children when they returned.

Starting to put Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again!
The demo process wrapped early the week of 8/22. We could finally start replacing what we had been taking out. On walls that were approved by the water remediation company and the environmental engineers, we could install new insulation and drywall.

The interior walls were all approved, but the exterior walls (which were exposed to the greatest amount of water) were still not approved. Later Friday afternoon (8/26) some of the exterior walls were OK'd, but others will have to wait until Monday to be checked. Better Safe Than Sorry, but it takes a while. 

The guys from HG Christman are hanging and finishing sheet rock pretty quick. Which is good, because every room in the building, including the bathrooms had walls removed.

Another construction update coming soon. As always, please don't hesitate to send me any questions. 

Mike.