Thursday, April 21, 2011

Grid goes in

The grid goes up and the paint is chosen.  We're using a low VOC paint to help the indoor air quality, and our acoustic ceiling has 55% recycled content.  I'm making a list of the green things we didn't or couldn't do and I'll post those soon.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

It's Not Easy Being Green...or Actually it Is!

The building is starting to come together and the painting should be done this week.   John Riggs 252.626.7556 is a Glidden Paint Professional and helped us specify the correct primer and paint grade for our masonry building.  They have a store on Neuse Blvd. and are very easy to work with.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

House of God Reappears


We scraped off the vinyl letters to reveal the old House of God.
The insulation has been installed and we're ready for drywall which is being installed today.


We're using 1/2' gypsum board with recycled content.  We're using over sized boards with the long side vertical to reduce the waste of cutting and taping the boards. 

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Let's Get This Painting Started

The pressure washing has exposed the old vinyl letters for the House of God. We're hoping the building's former use of a place of worship means there will be some added goodness around the place!

Time to get painting.  What color you ask?  Well green of course!  Two other buildings in the immediate area are bright blue (Mexican Bakery) and dark red (Blondie & Sons Building).  We are thinking a nice pale green will clean up all the miss matched brick and signboard.