All trips are, of course, weather-dependent but here’s what we’re thinking. We hope to have continuous occupancy from early June through the first week of September. Do come visit! We love sharing this work we’re passionate about and engaging others in the project.

Our season opening is planned for the week of June 6, exact dates TBD as we’re attempting to coordinate with the DNR to examine trees and limbs that could potentially damage buildings.

The week of June 13 hosts our inventory and cleaning team and will get a start on interior painting to the extent of available time.

The June 20 team plans to continue lead-remediation on the Assistant Keeper’s apartment used for volunteer housing, complete window restoration in that apartment and construct the final removable window covers for the remaining first floor windows that are currently secured with plywood and multi-purpose screws.

June 27 is dedicated to landscaping projects; trimming, trail maintenance, et. Al.

Our “engineers” team is scheduled for July 3, continuing work on the lantern room, lawn mower maintenance and, hopefully, hosting a plaster repair contractor to work on the 1867 lighthouse ceilings and walls. If you’ve followed our Facebook feed, you’ll see they’ve been at work this winter preparing parts for installation.

The July 11 team’s key focus is replacing boards on the boathouse using Hemlock that was staged last summer.

July 18^th’s team will paint the boathouse and continue with interior painting. They also plan to clear moss from the Assistant Keeper’s roof and treat it with a deterrent. A potential additional project includes foundation repairs on the boathouse.

July 25 includes a window glazer so we hope to make progress on the small upstairs AK apartment windows. Lead remediation and stripping doors is likely in the mix as well as projects needing completion from prior teams.

August 1 will continue window resto and hopefully make headway on building removable window covers for the upper apartment to begin opening it up.

August 8 brings the Carpenter team out again with hopes of adding a “lean to” to the storage shed to help provide streamline access for seasonal tools and equipment. There’s also picnic table repair and the ever-present landscaping projects.

August 15 through September 5 hosts team Rollins, our initial “camper keepers” from 2015. They will be restoring door hardware and refitting doors throughout the Assistant Keeper’s as they did for the lighthouse years ago.

Season closing will be on or about September 5. As we’ll be closing up buildings and winterizing equipment, if you care to visit, best to do it prior to this date.

Jim got to work caulking and painting the workshop trim he replaced on his prior trip. He also installed the station sign above the door.

Others on the team continued with grounds work. The lighthouse is increasingly visible with this season’s hillside brush removal.

One of the remaining projects was repairing this broken window pane on one of the tower windows.

The team scoped this out on their prior trip, allowing appropriate supplies to be procured. While glazing can be patched in place, removing old glazing & glass and reinstalling new is best done on a flat surface.

Unfortunately, it was the top sash with an issue, necessitating removal of both the upper and lower sash in the frame.

Once out, the old glazing is removed. A layer of bedding is laid, the glass set, points installed and then glazed. It’s actually the points that hold the glass — the glazing make the window watertight. Here’s their work station in the second story hall.

Note the new paint in this area courtesy of Kathy Sanders and her team a few weeks back!

Ben is inserting the stops that hold the upper sash. Once secure, he inserted the lower sash and the stops on each side the hold both sash against the frame.

Meanwhile, James has been at work mowing, weed-whacking and edging. One can see from the color variation on the sidewalks that he removed a lot of extraneous material. Not only does this look nice, but it will help minimize water accumulation and freeze/thaw damage.

All photos courtesy of Jim Greenwell

The grass will need to go for awhile as there’s a gap until the closing team arrives in early September.

 

Soffit reconstruction and painting is complete. Doesn’t it look nice?

Ben continues reworking the summer kitchen floor. As yesterday’s photo showed, there was a lot of rotten wood to clean out, supports to be rebuilt and only then can the flooring itself be repaired.

James meanwhile has been clearing behind the 1867 Lighthouse and Assistant Keepers Quarters.

 

The “carpenter team” arrived noonish and started in immediately to complete work on the rear soffit around the gutter. They had replaced the majority of the soffits on their earlier trip this summer. In this corner, they reconfigured a troublesome downspout connection but needed some specific wood to complete the repair properly.

James (left) and Ben on scaffolding. Jim Greenwell photo.

The team plans to spend a week working on a variety of projects.