Removing the Wall Panels |
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Today I can’t take credit for most of the work that was done. I started my yoga classes today so I was prepping and teaching for a good chunk of the time Phil was working.
Today half of the wall paneling was removed and here is what we learnt about that:
The walls are made of two sections, one above the railing that the seats are connected to and the other below. Above the railing is what we worked on today. Its connected with, on average, 6 rivets between/below each window, a line of terribly difficult to remove rivets every 2 inches just above the rail, and then its tucked in and welded under the windows. The metal for this section is fairly thin and flexible. The first step to removing the panel is puncturing the rivets and then chiseling the heads off. Next, starting at a meeting point of two panels, you must chisel the panel away from the wall/window, cutting the metal. Cut/chisel straight across, being careful not to cut in toward the window. In one area we did this and ended up creating a hole to outside just under the window. Lastly, you need to grind off the rivets along the bottom. It may be possible for you to puncture and chisel yours, ours were impossible to even chisel off.
From there you can pull the wall panel off. It’s a slow going process, but not as difficult as other aspects.
The walls are made of two sections, one above the railing that the seats are connected to and the other below. Above the railing is what we worked on today. Its connected with, on average, 6 rivets between/below each window, a line of terribly difficult to remove rivets every 2 inches just above the rail, and then its tucked in and welded under the windows. The metal for this section is fairly thin and flexible. The first step to removing the panel is puncturing the rivets and then chiseling the heads off. Next, starting at a meeting point of two panels, you must chisel the panel away from the wall/window, cutting the metal. Cut/chisel straight across, being careful not to cut in toward the window. In one area we did this and ended up creating a hole to outside just under the window. Lastly, you need to grind off the rivets along the bottom. It may be possible for you to puncture and chisel yours, ours were impossible to even chisel off.
From there you can pull the wall panel off. It’s a slow going process, but not as difficult as other aspects.
In this photo you can see the vertical rivets chiseled off and the horizontal one grinder off
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Cutting the panel below the window
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DO this! Cut the metal under the window being careful not to separate it from the window
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DON'T DO this! Cut the metal under the window at an angle so that you puncture it and leave a gap to outside
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