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Men’s Musalla Renovations – The New Carpet Goes Down

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Bismillāh wal-hamdulillāh.

26 October: the new carpet goes down

Alhamdulillāh, with the new underlay laid across the men’s musallā, the fitters began laying the new carpet on the afternoon of 26 October. The first roll went down over the underlay, and each width was then laid beside the last.

  • The first roll of the new carpet going down over the new underlay.

    The first roll of the new carpet going down over the new underlay.

  • The first roll from the side, as it is unrolled.

    The first roll from the side, as it is unrolled.

  • The first widths laid down the length of the musallā.

    The first widths laid down the length of the musallā.

  • A new width unrolled beside the first.

    A new width unrolled beside the first.

    By the evening, the prayer rows were taking shape across the whole room.

    • The prayer rows taking shape across the whole musallā.

      The prayer rows taking shape across the whole musallā.

    • The new rows running towards the door.

      The new rows running towards the door.

    • The new rows along the side wall.

      The new rows along the side wall.

    • The new rows by the door, with the fitters’ tools and spare underlay.

      The new rows by the door, with the fitters’ tools and spare underlay.

    • Walking along the new rows as they are vacuumed.

      Where two widths of carpet meet, they are joined over seaming tape.

      • A seam folded back, showing the tape that joins the widths.

        A seam folded back, showing the tape that joins the widths.

      • The seaming tape beneath a row line.

        The seaming tape beneath a row line.

      • A row line lifted over the seaming tape beneath it.

        A row line lifted over the seaming tape beneath it.

        We thank Allāh, then everyone who has supported the work. Photographs of the finished musallā will follow here soon, in shā Allāh. Bārak-Allāhu fīkum.

        The earlier updates, from the new carpet’s arrival to the old carpet coming up and the new underlay going down, are in the previous post.

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