Fire Door has been Replaced!

As previously announced the fire door that was installed between the main library building and the tower when it was built back in the mid "70's, needed to be replaced and thus the area was prepped last week with drywall removal and protective passage barriers.  Wednesday night after closing a demo crew came in and removed the steel bracing for the door:

This also gave us a view of the "Back of Jackson", not seen for many years:

Saturday, while we were closed, the Overhead Door folks (contracted for the new door) removed the old door:

And installed a new door:

Admittedly, there is not much difference looking at them rolled up but the new door will have new controls and smoke detectors that activate as needed.  This door is not tied directly to the main alarm system but operates independently based on circumstance.  And we are fortunate that this was able to be accomplished on a day we were closed because it was loud, noisy and messy:

This week is clean-up and rebuild, for a safer new year. Cheers!