Capital Campaign Construction

(click photos to enlarge)	Some of the hardwood flooring is exposed from some initial carpet removal. This undertaking will begin in earnest after the pews are re-upholstered.
Padding supplies for the pews
	A very important apparatus of the trade is the air compressor
The cloth is cut for the back of the pew and tacked on near the top with a tacking strip.
	Once in place concentrated compressor stapling assures the fabric adheres to the wood.
Close-up showing staples galore.
	Foam padding is measured out and cut.
The compressor comes into play again to apply adhesive.
	The padding is then patted down.
Checking over the handy work so far.
	The fabric that has been draped over the back of the pew is now flipped over to the front.
Upright strips are placed on the sides of the pew to provide the same neat appearance as across the top of the pew.
	Trimming the padding to accommodate one of the side strips.
Loosely tack down bottom of fabric used for pew back
	Drape more cloth over back of the pew in anticipation of now upholstering the pew seats.
With the bottom cloth in place over the back of the pew, tacking strips are cut and stapled into place.
	As was done with the back, foam is cut for the pew seats.
Cardboard squares are cut to size for each end of the pew seats. This will allow neatly tucking the fabric at the end of the pews
	Cardboard squares are tacked securely in place.
Once again adhesive is applied.
	Because of the grinding action that occurs on the seat area of the pew, an extra polyester layer is cut and placed atop the foam. This will better secure the foam from moving and shield it from damage.
The fabric can now be stretched over the padding, tucked in the corners, and tacked down.


The finished pew in upper left is approved and work commences on the rest. Upper right the fabric is rolled out and measured. Lower left our guy is as fluid as a gunslinger throwing out his piece in cutting the cloth to length for each pew (lower right).
uickTime Video There is good teamwork in this slick cutting process.



The work proceeds as a two-phase process, doing the back of the pews first then the seats. In both left and right above, the fabric is ready to be flipped over the foam and tacked into place in the first phase.
	The back of the pews are completed and with the foam in place for the pew seats phase 2 is in action.
Further in phase 2 the fabric for the seats are draped over the back of the pews.