Filling in the organ "pit"

Organ "pit"

Adding insulation in the organ "pit" to deaden sound.

Beginning to remove the circa '70s orange carpet

Carrying pews out

Good supervisors are always appreciated

Balcony view of the loosened pews

Putting the loose pews into the Overflow for a week

Cutting and rolling the carpet on the rostrum

More pew work

Some screws didn't want to come out easily.

It took a lot of muscle to carry the pews out.

The adhesive needed to be scraped off, too.

More carpet rolls.

There was a lot of orange carpet to take up.

There were a lot of pews to take out.

Using a shovel to pry off the old tack strips.

Not sure, really, what this guy was doing...

The pews are almost out.

The carpet on the aisles was peeled up.

Work on the rostrum continues.

It's easier to walk around the sanctuary now.

Getting more tack strips off the steps.

More tack strips.

It sure looks empty.

We're not all just standing around...

It's interesting to see traffic patterns between pews on the flooring.

Empty room (except for the organ and piano).

Time for a rest.

The pews all fit in the overflow

Leveling out the "pit"

The flooring specialists used a self-leveling compound to level out the floor where we filled in the organ "pit" making it smooth for the flooring.

Starting on laying the Konecto "wood-grain" flooring.

Laying flooring right over the tile.

Getting carpet ready to lay.

Working on the padding on the rostrum.

Adding tack strips for the carpet.

View from above.

The first aisle of carpet to be glued down.

View from above.

Beginning to put pews back.

Setting the pews.

Each pew had 4 screws that had to have holes drilled into the 56-year-old concrete.

Reverse-angle view.

Almost done with the center rows.

Finished view from the front

Finished view from the rear.