Fire Suppression Certified

It’s fully operational, inspected, and hopefully never needed. This past week we had our final inspections and operational tests to certify our fire suppression system.

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Once we finish the downstairs we would like to encase everything with glass so it’s still accessible but able to be viewed. We think it’s awesome looking!!!!!

Some other events this past week. We were able to recover an old wood door from Patrick’s Floral. They were kind enough to sell it to us before they closed their doors for good. 🙁  We’re sad to see them go, but feel very privileged to hold a piece of Patrick’s History.  We are planning to rebuild the door and use it to replace the door leading into our bathroom area.

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And finally we are still cleaning and organizing the garage area to hold everything.

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Water Main Extension Finished

There is mud everywhere but they finished the water main extension from across the street. Once everything dries out they will pave it over. It’s been a dirty couple of weeks. We have footprints all over our new floors. This past weekend they filled the pipe with water to ensure there are no leaks. This week everything will be connected and the water turned on to our Fire Suppression System.

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Water Main Continues

We thought they were almost done. The City decided to extend the water main all the way down the alleyway. This makes sense so that the buildings on Caddo Street can utilize it without having to tie into the Water Main in front, on Caddo Street, which is a State Highway.

We have had rain the last couple of days and it’s a muddy mess.

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Here’s what the actual water main looks like.

 

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This has been an adventure watching them work:)

 

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Water Main Tie In

We are getting close to tying into the Water Main from across the street. We already have water to the building but its just a supply line for basic water access. This is the extention for our Fire Suppression System. It should be completed in the next couple of days.

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As for downstairs, everything else is going as planned. This past week we finished painting the remaining drywall and cleaning everything left over from Christmas’s CandleWalk Event. This upcoming week we are starting the coordination to repair/seal the brick, restoring the floors, and cleaning/calking the front windows. Once that is complete we can start to look at renting it out. We are still not sure what it will be at this point. Stay tuned for updates:)

Fire Suppression Water

One of the requirements when we rezoned the building was to install a Fire Suppression System. Action Fire Pro’s installed the system.They did a great job!!!!!!

The issue we ran into was we did not have a water main near the building. It was on the North Side of the street. The City of Cleburne was wonderful in coming up with the solution. They worked with the State, since its a state highway, and are extending the 6” water main across the street into the alleyway. We can then tie into it from there.

This is the system with a temporary lead in until the final water main is connected. It’s already been tested, being monitored, and awaiting the City water main tie-in. Once that is complete, a final inspection will be completed and everything will become fully operational.

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Last night they started the water main extension. We expect for them to finish in the next day or two.

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Stay tuned for updates as they occur.