Below, you will see eleven condensers/compressors in a newly built mechanical yard away from the church.  Its purpose is to push freon into the system.  It is manufactured by Mitsubishi; so it should run like your car - quieter and more energy efficient!

For the inside units, there are three main locations: 
1)  Above the sacristy - a section of the ceiling has been lowered to house the units.

There are six air handlers up there to cover the front section of the church.  The air handler sucks the air from the common return air (This is why they worked so hard on the crawl space!) and blows the processed air through the ducts and vents.

2)  Above the usher closet right outside the Baptistery/cry room.  There are three air handlers up there to cover the back-left section of the church.

3)  In the stairwell going up the choir loft.  There are two air handlers there to cover the back-right section of the church.  In addition to these, two small units will be installed - one for the basement sacristy and another for the choir loft.

Stephen Frei cleaning (with brush, soap and water) the aluminum cast decorative border around the large stained glass windows.  He said these were popular in the 1930's when our stained glass windows were installed.

Conrad Schmitt painters continue to work ... applying base paint on the large arches.

Stenciling around the clerestory windows.

Look how much they've accomplished!

Cleaning the tympanum to get it ready for painting and highlighting.

Workers from Ribbeck Construction re-plastering the apse wall.

You'll be excited to know that the ugly can lights above the altar have been removed.  Instead, they will put track lights behind the triumphal arch where they will NOT be visible from the pews.

Stay tuned for more updates!