29 February 2020

Woodland Camp Update
29 February 2020  

The Lord continues to bless us with His presence and daily grace that enable us to finish the eight new cabins on the east side of the camp by the end of April 2020. On site, we had the visitation of the trustees who gave us sweet words of encouragement to keep going on with the project and shared on the importance and the meaning of Woodland Camp for the work in the whole of Europe. The work keeps heading toward the finalisation of the eight new cabins. As the majority of the work outside the cabins is almost complete, the focus in the remaining weeks will be mainly on the final details inside the cabins.

(Scroll through the slideshow below to see this month's progress) 

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View of the cabins on the east side of the camp

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The brothers installed the conduit for the data and the fibre optic cable to feed all the cabins and had them connected to the building controls at the central plant.

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The conduit comes from the dog house located on the east side.

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The cladding around the cabin and the porch was completed.

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Every piece of wood is cut, smoothed down, and fitted.

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The closet doors in the porch were made on-site and then installed.

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Installation of the door on the porch

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The HIU (Heat interface unit) is fully functional in all the cabins, and this will allow us to transfer the heat from the central plant into the cabins whenever it is required.

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All the door frames were also made on-site.

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Finishing the installation of all the outdoor lights

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Each cabin will have the outdoor lights connected to PIR (passive infrared sensor). Upon approach, these will turn the lights on automatically.

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Bags of sand were transported for the preparation and mixing with cement for the laying of the concrete base for the stairs on the cabins.

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Brothers preparing the cement mix

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The cement is poured into moulded wood boxes to create the base.

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Smoothing out the concrete base

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Once the concrete base is cured, the brothers proceed to install the stairs.

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Each cabin will have a different set of stairs based on the height from the ground.

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Installation of the railings and framing for the guard rails

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Guard rails being installed

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Installation and testing of the gutters

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Tiling of the toilets and showers

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Grouting, a mixture of water, cement, and sand, is applied for filling voids and sealing joints, such as those between tiles.

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Installation of all the sanitary fixings, toilets, sinks, and towel rails

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Caulking all corners of the shower

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Applying the first coat of paint inside the cabins

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Second coat of paint

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Installation of the door locks

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Cleaning and smoothing out the doors to be varnished

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Installation of the wood flooring

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Installation of the window sill

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Fixing imperfections of the architraves with wood filler

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On the site, we are in the process of cleaning up the east end of the camp.

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Transporting drainage and sewage pipes as part of the clean-up of the site

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