Hi all,

Things have been so busy at Summer Street we have hardly had a second to catch our breath and update everyone!  Here’s the latest;  please excuse the bullets!

• Our great new entry porch has been framed;  and alumni and current parents will be putting down decking later this month at the Alumni Work Day organized by Jeff Levine.
• All our new windows have arrived, and the majority have been installed by parents over the past two work weekends.  There are just a few windows up high that we’ve left for a contractor to put in.
• The entire building will be receiving brand new Hardiplank siding and window &door trim beginning in a few weeks’ time.  We will be saving the historic “gingerbread” at the roof line, but everything else will be new, clean, and spiffy!
• The rough work for the plumbing, electrical system, fire protection, and heat are all expected to be complete in the next two weeks, with inspections from the City of Somerville for each.  These trades have been working continuously for the past month or so.
• Constantin von Wentzel has energetically installed all the building’s tel/data wiring (internet, etc) for us as a volunteer, and Ben Mayer has gotten the electrician to agree to install electrical service now for future solar panels free of charge.  We hope that the installation a solar array on the roof will be one of the first capital improvements made to the building after we move in.
• After city inspections, next will come the insulation and drywall.  We hope to have these things done by the July 10/11 work weekend – which will shape up to be a massive painting party!

If you haven’t had a chance to walk through the building since the winter or spring, you should really make the time to at least stop by and peek your head in – either during a work weekend or even a weekday when there are contractors on-site.  Everything will begin to be buttoned up in the next few weeks, and before you know it those of us who have lovingly spent so much time massaging its innards will hardly recognize it!

Cheers,

Josh