It was a cool, sunny morning. The build site has finally dried up … whoo hoo. It is amazing how much easier the workday is when you are not weighed down with all that mud on your feet. As always, we had a local minister lead our devotional. Today’s message was about foundations. In places (like Sullivan) that get cold, the foundations are very deep to get below the frost line. In some places, the foundations are very shallow because the water table is very high. His point was house foundations vary depending on location. But, our foundation should rest on Jesus. He is our rock, and everything is built on that solid foundation. Certainly a beautiful message to reflect upon.
Now that the floor decking is complete, we are ready to start building some walls! The interior walls are all pre-built, and ready to go. Our task today was to begin to build and erect the exterior walls. I was on the team to build the main exterior wall that spanned the entire length of the house.
The first step was to follow the blueprint carefully to mark the locations of the studs and windows.
There were three wall crews all working on the deck. There was a lot of planning to figure out where we would have enough room to get them assembled.
Each stud was carefully placed. The window headers were pre-built by the interior wall assembly team, so we were able to drop them in at the right locations.
Before lifting up the wall, we added a row of plywood. Installing it on the ground is certainly much easier than trying to get it assembled on the top of the wall once the wall is erected.
Once all the walls were assembled, the entire team lined up along the top of the wall and lifted the wall vertical. Once it was upright, we worked as a team to get it moved into place. It was an amazing, well orchestrated, team effort!
We did the same with the two smaller walls. It’s definitely starting to look like a house!
It is amazing how much progress we’ve made in only 4 days!
It was a good day. We accomplished a lot. As we said at the groundbreaking ceremony: “O God, let us rise up (tomorrow) and build!” 🙂
Looking Good. But just a little safety hint I hope the shoes are “safety shoes”. We are starting the next phase of my Office project and all I see are the “PPE” posters (Personal Protective Equipment).