Altar Window - Day 2 (June 14th Update)

​The Window is Out and the Opening all tucked in for Rainy Weather!
Although it was raining in various places around the island today, we were fortunate that the weather was fine as the remainder of the altar window was removed.  The rain is beginning to come down now in town, but there are no worries because plywood on the inside and plastic on the outside has the opening all sealed up!

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This is how the day started...
The remaining glass was removed and then taken to Jim Harvey's (the carpenter) shop where Jim Erickson (our stained glass artisan and designer) will "harvest" the pieces of glass that will be used in the new window.  Since the window was in such a deteriorated state and can't be stored in vertical panels, Jim E. plans to remove and clean the lead residue from all the glass as he works.  This is an extra bonus because we were anticipating that this would need to be done in the future.

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​A sample...

If you look closely,  you can see the lead deterioration in this sample.  It is being held together by tape, front and back.
 
TOMORROW (weather permitting):  The frame comes out!  That, too, was discovered to be in much worse shape than expected and literally crumbled in some places as they were working over the last two days.  Once the frame is out, the long crack along that wall as well as other spalling in the concrete will be repaired.  A new aluminum frame (The nave window frames are all aluminum.) is being made on the mainland and will soon be on its way to Hawaii!  In the meantime, Annalee Jones is busy working on the new window!!