A Historic Church Restoration in Becker, Minnesota

About the Project

This historic church on Sherburne Avenue had a long-standing leak at the original skylight, and the parish made the call to remove it entirely and infill the opening. Our general contractor brought us in to handle the framing, sheetrock, and finish work — plus a number of other ceiling and wall repairs while we had the space ready.

It's a smaller project on paper, but technically demanding. The ceilings are high. The skylight infill had to tie cleanly into the existing structure with no visible seam. And the church kept holding Mass, funerals, and community events during construction — which meant our crew worked around the schedule and left the space clean and ready for worshippers every evening.

What was included in the project?

Our scope covered demolition of the existing skylight assembly, insulation and framing for the infill, drywall hang, taping, sheetrock returns at the surrounding windows, a Level 5 skim coat for a flawless finish under the church's lighting, and sanding throughout. The Level 5 skim was important — at that ceiling height, with the natural and pendant lighting in a sanctuary space, any imperfection in the surface would have been visible from the pews.