Five-gallon buckets set out to catch water leaking through the walls. Plaster flaking off walls to reveal unenforced masonry without any insulation. Corrosion of wooden beams that looks like the work of beavers. Those were just a few of the examples highlighted by city of Chehalis staff members Monday as they outlined for the city council why it was their collective recommendation that the Chehalis Fire Department should abandon any notion of renovating the historic downtown fire station prior to a new one being built. City Manager Jill Anderson explained that an occurrence of airborne asbestos in August led her to reexamine ongoing efforts to rehabilitate the building at 455 NW Park St. Chehalis. Firefighters have been operating out of Lewis County Fire District 6 headquarters since then, an arrangement that seems likely to continue for at least the months to come.