The lift

For the longest time, there has been a fairly serious water penetration problem with the second floor windows in the old high school.

The problem has existed since the remodeling of 2001.  It's bad enough that just about any significant rain, will prompt the need for towels and drip catch buckets.

However, according to the director of building and grounds we don't have a water penetration problem.  We all know, this guy knows better since he makes more money than those who have to deal with the problem regularly.  Secondly the annual safety training, reiterates the seriousness of potential mold  problems.

A $7 dollar tube of silicon was used to fix one of the windows by an employee that was getting sick of this stupidity.

Couple that with another reason to get a lift, and we finally have an attempt to fix the problem.

The other reason was window stickers.  These identify the room number from the outside of the building, probably prompted by all the school shootings.  So this is not a bad idea.  What is stupid is ordering window stickers that have to be applied from the outside, and from a vendor who installed all the first floor ones, but (like the head of building and grounds) is afraid of heights.

So regular employees were told to install the second floor ones.  So there were two reasons to get a lift, and that finally convinces them.

So they pick a day over spring break and tell us there will be a lift from Fred Rents.  It's a no show, the director blames the vendor, the vendor says the director never confirmed the order.

It was suggested to check across the street, with the De Pere municipal garage.  They have a boom truck, that probably only gets used to put up the Christmas decorations.  But apparently the director has a "buddy" (Dan Bins) at Fred Rents in Neenah.

Next non-school break comes, the lift arrives.  Day two, the jig-boom part dies.  After much arm twisting, a second lift arrives (this too has issues, like slipping gears), and it gets done.

This is an old building built in the 1940's, and the vines that used to be on the West side of the building did a number on the tuck-pointing.

The calking made the problem about 75% better, and buys time for a more permanent fix, such as further tuck-pointing.  It did cure the annual bats in the building though.