Central Avenue Christian Church Wigston
Saved to Serve
Building News (Phase 3)
The exterior of the baptisty.
The interior of the baptisty under construction
A close up of some of the leaded icons made by Alan.
A general view of the new windows .
The new view from the front of the church shwing the revised roof line.
The finished interior of the main hall. Carpet laid. Pine cladding on lower section of walls. Plaster boarded, plastered and painted. End section with recessed lights. Dais for the Lord's Table with red carpet. Side walls utilising stone from original back wall, with speakers hidden above..
The pine cladding starts to go up.
Still lots to varnish!
Varnishing the pine cladding
The special reflective lining goes on ready to receive the pressure hosed recycled roofing tiles.
This was followed by thick insulation boards.
We won't be in a cold church!
Putting the reclaimed tiles on the roof
A hearty and wet band of volunteers pressure washed the old tiles so we could recycle them.
The cross struts and reflective covering go on the roof.
The roof beams in place and the first of the cross struts.
The great roof joists are all up
The final beam put in place.
Lowering a beam into place.
The crane arrives
Getting the beams ready
GETTING READY TO RECEIVE THE NEW ROOF JOISTS 04/04/08
The worship end of the church where the old baptistry was showing the extra width and the old and new roof angles. Please note the perfectly blue sky.
The new external wall linking the coffee bar to the rear hall.
What's left of the entrance to the church. Whose are the coats?
A close up of the scafolding
Getting ready (31/03/03)
Lynne and Ashley helping to remove the floor tiles
Removing the pine cladding.
After the cladding had been removed
Starting to removed the bricks one at a time - very carefully! Note the dust! Dan and Charles
Having a break mid afternoon - half the wall is down Norm being encouraged by elaine.
The end wall is down - now it has to be broken up and put in the skip! Pip looking on
Office Address:
102 Central Avenue
Wigston
Leicestershire
LE18 2AA