These are pictures of how the building looked before we started the renovation.
 

Day 1

  
                                                                                                                    Heating system design work. (Keith)

These are pictures after we started the demo work:

Day 2

My son Kenny and Rick                          What have we done !!!!

Day 3
  Out with the old concrete

Joe and Steve                                Rick and Dave                            Joe

Day 4
    Concrete all gone and ready for new plumbing!!!!

New bathroom area.                        Old bathroom, new sandbox ???.                Old wall areas gone.


Trench for new plumbing.    Sick room plumbing.                            New kitchen plumbing.


Old office area.                                Nice old electric work !!!                New bathroom plumbing is in.


New plumbing in trench.                    New bathroom area plumbing.           Old wall area ready for new drywall.




Some new drywall in 4-5yr old room.

Day 5

Kitchen pantry.                2yr old and 3yr old rooms.                      New furnace.



New concrete in.                             New drywall in 1yr old room.        Wall fixed in 4 and 5yr old room.


4 and 5yr old room.                        Kitchen in need of work!!!                Drywall removed in kitchen.



                            New concrete in bathroom area. 

Day 6

                                       
 New walls in-between 1yr and 2yr old rooms.        Two new bathroom for 2 and 3 yr olds


  New wall for hallway.   


New drywall in kitchen.                    New drywall in sickroom.                Block in for walls in bathroom.


                           
Starting wall demo in 4 and 5yr old room.              New bathroom walls.

Day 7

New doorway framed.                        New office layout.                        New door for security.


New hallway to future doorway.        New wall for media area.                    3yr old room.



                                        New bathroom walls                                       New wall for break room.


Other new door for security.

No new pictures on Day 8,9,10,11, not enough change to see, will be showing new wall paint and electric photos tomorrow.

Day 12
                          

New drywall on new bathrooms.         Cutting for new door to playground.    In with new door frames.



More frame work.                            Fixing old office electric.               New epoxy paint system on kitchen walls.


More electric work.                            What ????  Heating system updates.    New sign on front of building.


South side of building.                        More signs.                                        And more.


New kitchen floor started.                    Walls painted.                                   Bathrooms drywalled.

        
New panel and floor, break room.       New chairs.

No new pictures on Day 13, tomorrow the new floor area will be dry and most of the drywall work will be done.

Day 14


Appling more top coat in breakroom.            Rolling out kitchen topcoat.                    New floor finish.


More of new finish.                               New drywall in 1yr old room.....            and media room......   
       

        and 2yr old room.                                New door in 2yr old room.                New drywall in 3yr old room.
          
 
        Media room                                    Hallway drywalled.                          New bathroom area in 3yr old room.

New door in hallway to playground.

Day 15
No new pictures today, will take more Sunday, the drywall men got some ceiling textured and the new kitchen floor looks great, will post those pics tomorrow.

Day 16
Did not get pics taken, decided to start painting instead, will post pics Monday night.

Day 17

New drywall in office area.                    New area for check in.                    New door for security by front door.

Ceiling painted in 4-5yr room                 New drywall in kitchen.....                    4-5yr old bathroom.....

and Media room.                                    Walls primed in 1yr old room.            Walls primed in 4-5yr old room.

Part of 4-5 yr old room.                        Walls primed in part of media room.    Drywall all hung in 3yr old room.

Another view of 3 yr old room.            Hallway from Media room to 4-5yr olds.               4-5 yr old room.

Almost done with laundry room.                New electric panel.
 

Day 18
Worked on drywall and painting, will post pics tomorrow.

Day 19

New wall panels in kitchen.                        New door in sick room.                        They have stated the office floor.

                                    New bathroom floors are going in.                                    Got some primer on the walls.

Base color on the office floor.                    New quartz floor in bathroom.            Refrigerator ready to go back in kitchen

Freezer ready too.....                                        Dishwasher almost ready....            sinks ready to scrub.

More new bathroom floor.                                    More primed walls                        Kenny checking out new floors.

Day 20,21,22,23
Drywall men textured more ceiling and flooring guys finished office and bathroom floors.  We started painting more ceilings and office walls.  Will post pictures tomorrow.

Day 24

    Just another night of fun!!!!                               2 yr old room.                                    3 yr old room.

            3 yr old room.                                Hall Way to new outside exit.                Media room

Ready for paint in Media room.              New office door from hallway.    4 & 5 yr old room, ready for paint.

Ready for paint and wall tile.        Kitchen is ready for sinks.                            New stove has arrived!!!!

It's really red, the office base color is on and ready for next colors.

We hope to be done with all painting by the weekend and the rest of the flooring work is to be done the first of next week.  The new cabinets are almost ready for delivery and installation.  By the following week we should have about everything done.  New front door goes in this Thursday which wraps up the door work.  All the bathroom floors are done and so is the office floor.  Many of the ceilings are finished painted and  will be starting to install lights tomorrow.   New Oak doors are in and ready to be hung.  All is looking good!!!!!

Day 25
Lots of painting done tonight and electricians hung 30 some new lights, still another 15 or so to go.  Floor guys started prepping floor.  Tomorrow, more painting, will take pics tomorrow night.
 

Day 26

Ken in break room, just got done painting.                    New hallway.

        3 yr old room, all painted.                                More of 3 yr old room.

                2 yr old room                                    2 yr old bathroom, ready for tile.

1 yr old room.                                       1 yr old room changing room, ready for tile.

                Media room wall.                                        4 & 5 yr old room

               4 & 5 yr old room                                     4 & 5 yr old room

                    Break room                                    Office painting under way.

     Jason doing artwork on walls.              Candace by old front door, new one goes in tomorrow.

        Candace's office entrance.                     Jason hard at work, Ken done for night.        Jason still painting.

Day 27

Lots got done today, new front door, locks on all doors now, floor guys hard at work prepping floors.  Most all of the painting is done, just a few doors left.  Flooring will be installed this weekend so that is good.  Things are moving right along!!!!

Day 28

    Al testing out new tricycle !!!                        Mike assembling new tricycle.

                                        The painting never seems to end.

    New tops and cabinets going in !!!!                        Does this look right ?????

            Darrell and Ken.                                            The races are on !!

    All work and no play is boring.                        Lining up for the drag race....

Day 29

Got allot done today, moved all the kitchen equipment in and started setting it up.  Worked on the new computer system and lots of painting.  Tomorrow the floor guys start doing the floor, can't wait to see it done.  Will post pics tomorrow.

Day 30

Didn't get any pics taken today but they did get the floor sealed and we got allot done in the storage room and started laying tile in the bathrooms.  Color goes on floors tomorrow.

Day 31

On goes the color and we can't do any other work in building till Thursday.  Looks like registration will start next Monday!!!!!!

Rollin on the white base coat.                        Not you again with the camera !!!!

Broadcasting out the color chips.

Day 32

They put the first coat of clear on the floor and the second one goes on tomorrow.  The doors were delivered today, hope to install them Friday.....

Day 33

Second coat of clear went on today and they also re-cleared the office area, looks great, can't go into building till tomorrow, will take pictures then....

Day 34,35,36

Lots has happened since the last photos, we have cabinets installed, floors are done, electricians almost finished and started moving in some of the furnishings to assemble. Plumbers have hooked up the kitchen appliances.  Crown Electronics has delivered the new TV, fridge, washer, and dryer.  We have started installing the new tile in the bathrooms and are ready for grout.  Things are moving now.

Day 37

Office entry area                                        1 yr old bath and changing room

3yr old room                                                3 yr old room bath and sink area.

2 yr old bath and sink area.                            2 yr old room.

Media room (New TV)                                New tile in bathroom, just a little more washing.

4-5yr old room.                                              4-5yr old room sink area and storage.   

4-5yr old room sink area and bathroom entrance............ and inside new bathroom. 

    Kitchen areas.............                                Dishwasher and sinks.

Kitchen storage cabinets.                                New stove. 

4-5 yr old room.                                            Laundry and storage room.

Day 38,39

We have doors hung !!!!   The plumbers are setting fixtures, kitchen is almost done, computer cables are installed, door guy is installing door security system and trim is going down..  Things are moving now.  Will take pics tomorrow.

Day 40

New office trim.                                            4-5yr old room cabinets.

Break room cabinets and fridge.                    4-5yr old bathroom

Kitchen fridges ready for tops to be installed.            ADA bathroom

2 yr old bathroom.                                        New door in 2 yr old room

3 yr old bathroom                                        3 yr old room cabinets

Kenny working hard.                                   New office door and crown molding at ceiling.

Day 41

Today we got allot done, we installed paper toweling machines, blinds, baseboard trim, door closers and lots of cleaning.  Tomorrow will be another day of lose ends being tied up.  Also special thanks to Kris, Angie, Jodi, Carol, Alan, Keith, Mike, Megan and Zay for all the help today.  Should have more pics tomorrow.

The pictures from now on will be in the finished photos area, check in there for more updates.