September 2 – Interior Walls

We woke up to a dense fog. cool morning.  The ground was still very soggy from the severe thunderstorm we had on Sunday.  Part of the build site was in a huge puddle.   We did get to try out our shoe covers from Amazon.  They seemed to work well, and were very light.   

After another inspirational devotion this morning, we got right to work.    Joe and I were on the interior wall crew.  Our goal was to install all the interior walls and begin double plating in preparation for the roof trusses tomorrow.

I worked with Chuck on getting the ladders installed – they are cross pieces that are installed between the studs where a wall was to be placed.   I got the job of screwing them in.

        

Joe had the other screw gun, so he was helping to brace the interior walls as they were being put into place and leveled.

         

The wall team was crusin’ …. we placed, leveled and braced all of the interior walls.   We also moved the bathtubs to the correct locations before the walls were installed.

     

  

We did get a nice surprise this morning.    A young 5 year old boy and his mom baked cookies for our break today.  They live in a Habitat built house across the street.    Yeah, they were delicious!

As the day progressed, the fog lifted, the sun came out and it got really hot by the afternoon.    The Habitat affiliate always makes sure we have enough water and Gatorade for the crew.    The temperature was only around 76 degrees, but it felt much hotter than that.   Tomorrow, it’s supposed to be 85 degrees, so it will be a hot one!

While the wall crew was busy with the interior walls, the wall sheeting crew completed the house.   The front porch beam crew also accomplished their goals for the day.   The house is really coming together.

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!”  🙂