Recently, water damage was found in the closet at the front of the fellowship hall. We have had water problems over the years as we have little by little made tiny corrections in outdoor waterflow in order to get the water away from the building.I'm pretty sure this is the root of the problem since the splashing water has erroded the concrete glaze off the side of the basement wall and the dampness has darkened the bricks above it.
Splash blocks are bad... and ugly.
Five years ago, I moved water from the corner of the building to the parking lot and planted a Lilac bush to help use up some of the water that always seemed to make its way down the hill, into the corner and eventually pressing up through the tile in the foyer outside the fellowship hall.The black tile can be purchased for about $10 and the only tool you need is a shovel.
The downspouts in the front of Mike's office go into the parking lot drain ( when they are connected ). The downspouts in the rear corner of the building were redirected by a team of young men from LCF several years ago in an effort to get water away from the nursery.
Two years ago, Donovan graded the area outside the youth room and had concrete poured to get water away from the lower door on that side of the building.
There are three downspouts that still dump water right next to the building and the closet is that last victim of water damage.
These last two are not major contributors of water, but we might as well fix all three at the same time.
