Pump It Up! (or Out in this case)

While exciting work is going with our contractors at the new facility, our dedicated ice team is working on the shutdown of the old facility.

Andrew Nottingham, Andy Downs, Jim Sharpe, Greg Eigner and John Sherman were hard at work on Saturday Morning (4/20).

First, they had to tear down the wall and open up a door.



Still a bunch of water coming out from both above and below the liners.  Note to self:  Ensure we completely address the issue of water getting to the floor at the new facility.








































Then, they started with pumping the glycol out of the tubes into the barrels in which they came.  This entailed a number of processed using a an compressor and some pumps.



Starting to see some progress:



The good news was that the garage door still worked and the opener opened it all the way up.  The bad news was that the cable broke, making closing a bit of a challenge.
 


Next steps: 
     (1) Get the garage door cable fixed
     (2) Finish pumping out all the glycol
     (3) Roll up the mats
     (4) Move the chiller and the mats to the new facility

Lots of work to do next weekend.

In the meantime we need to get the chiller pad poured.  Our Amish friend will hopefully get that done on Monday.  Today, Craig Fischer and John Sherman surveyed the site and marked the location.  The X below represents the southeast corner of the chiller pad which will be closest to the building and from where the pipes will exit the pump to enter the building.




Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Version 3.0 of the Fort Wayne Curling Club is coming!

Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'

Progress Continues