October 5, 2021 – Finishing details

So much more to do … so little time :-).    After our morning devotional, it was another ‘full sheet’ task list.   Just about everyone on the team had their own punch list of things to work on….. and most of them were taking place near or around the one central hallway.   The door case trim team continued to work installing molding on both sides all of the interior doors.   There was a baseboard trim team that was measuring, cutting, fitting, filling the nail holes and caulking.    The window sills were also being measured and installed.  Since the saw was outside, each cut from those teams required a trip down the same hallway.   While all that was going on, there was a painting team that was working on getting to the doors to clean up the hinges and paint the outer edges of the door.   It was like rush hour at Grand Central Station … crazy busy, but organized.

Joe and I were on the door repairs/painting team.   One of the requirements of the local Habitat affiliate for future Habitat homeowners is to put in 200 hours into the house prior to move-in as part of their ‘sweat equity’.   As part of these hours, many future homeowners paint the interior doors and trim at an off-site location.   It gives them some flexibility on when this task can be done, and it saves us some time in getting them installed.     This all sounds great … assuming they are painted correctly.   Unfortunately, when our doors showed up they needed a lot of re-painting and repair work to get them up to our standards.    So, Joe and I spent a good part of the day, doing something sooooooooooooo exciting!    Can you guess?   OK, it was removing all of the hinges from each door (one at a time) and hand scraping off the excess paint.    The good news is that they are all done, and look much better!

When we finished that task, we had to stain some molding to be used tomorrow.

 

We then joined the team that was working on the baseboard trim.   It’s time consuming to fill the nails, clean and caulk, and then put another coat of paint on them.   The master bedroom/bath closet is close to having all that work completed.

In the kitchen, they were making great progress.   The counter top and microwave look great! Although donations of building materials play a large part in keeping the overall cost of the home down we have never had all of the kitchen cabinets and the counter top donated – until this build. While we knew in advance that the cabinets would be donated, Bob found out early this morning when he went to pick up the counter tops that the company, who usually gives us a good discount, had decided to completely donate this years counter tops!! 

The town of Sullivan was working to install the sewer line, and the electrician and plumber were hard at work getting things hooked up.

The countdown has begun!  Just three days left!   Should be another exciting day tomorrow 🙂