Visitors are always remarking "what a beautiful old building" The Green Free Library is. Unfortunately the word old is predominate in that description this year. Once again the library is faced with very costly unexpected repairs. This time it is to the plumbing and sewage system.
If you are a frequent visitor to the library, you may have notices an "out of order" sign on the restroom door last week, as well as a "do not use" sign on the water fountain. A combination of plumbing problems caused by old pipes and faulty installation, compounded by improper disposal of items not meant to be flushed,caused the main sewer line to become clogged and backed up into the laundry sinks in the basement area. Ah, you didn't know there were laundry sinks in the basement did you?
Thank you to Nestor's Plumbing and Heating for once again responding to our frantic call for help. They worked late into the night on what turned out to be a major repair involving digging up the basement floor in the old coal bin (a very cramped area to be working in). Ah, once again, you probably didn't know about the old coal bin either. Actually, these days The Friends of The Green Free Library use it to store books for the booksale. Luckily the books in this area were not damaged, and only one box was lost when the pipes backed up in another area. Also forunate is the fact that the flooring that had to be replaced from this year's earlier basement disaster, had not yet been installed, as there was some leakage(eeeww)!
The picture at the top of this post is a photo of what the library looks like today.
The second picture is a copy of a vintage postcard that was once for sale in the area. If anyone has any other old pictures or postcards please feel free to send me a copy at thegreenfreelibrar@gmail.org, or stop in on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday (I don't work on Wednesday's) and I will make a copy to post.
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