- Carpet installed in room 300.A
The 1931 building final finishes continue – carpeting is being installed in sleeping rooms, the living room and basement drywall should be finished this week and the painter is scheduled to return next. The plan is to refinish the 1st floor original hardwood floors after the painter is done.
As noted last week, the 3rd floor and roof of the 1964 addition did not meet current building codes. A plan has been developed and approved to install additional support beams – framing should begin next week.
Ceilings will be installed next week in the dining room and 2nd floor of the 1964 addition next week.
The project is on target for an August 15 finish date.
2nd ‘old’ bathroom — standing in the southwest corner (where the showers use to be) looking to the northeast. Each bathroom will have two private shower stalls.
Drywall work continues in the living room and should finish this week. Insulation was installed in the exterior walls. The cove above the 2nd set of windows conceal the heating and air conditioning systems for rooms 200 and 201.
Workers install the ceiling system in the dining room. The drywall can not be screwed directly to beams as that alters the structural integrity — so instead they screw the drywall to these channels — which also helps reduce sound transmitting from floor to floor.
The new fire sprinkler shut-off valve.
Doors will be installed to the 1964 addition fire escape. In addition, any window within 10 feet of the fire escape must be a fire-rated window. These non-operable windows have a wire mesh imbedded in the glass. In the event of a fire, this would delay the window from breaking under — thus allowing the residents to safely exit the building using the fire escape.
This Old FIJI House 
Keep the updates coming! Thanks for doing this. Helps keep this Montana FIJI alittle closer to Lincoln.
Perge
Pat “AJ” Duey