It was a beautiful, cool and windy day here in Sullivan – a great day to work outside all day! A local pastor was not available to join us for devotional this morning, so Bob shared a recent article from Habitat from Humanity. It was about a woman with 5 young children who 25 years ago turned to Habitat to help her get a safe affordable home in which to raise her children. Her 5 children grew up in their Habitat home and were all able to attend college. She credits their success to Habitat and her ability to provide a safe environment for them in which to grow and thrive. Now, 25 years later, she was able to make her final mortgage payment and partake in the local Habitat affiliates tradition of burning the mortgage papers. It was a touching interview where she explained how Habitat changed her life and that of her entire family!
Bob then handed our our daily assignments. We had 5 teams, all working on different items on the outside of the house. There was an Aluminum team who worked on getting the soffits and fan vents installed.
The Front Porch team worked on wrapping the beam with fascia and working on the front porch ceiling.
The Vinyl Starter team worked on installing the outside corner posts and began siding the south end wall.
The Vinyl Wall team was working to complete the back wall.
Joe and I were on the Final Framing team with Gene. Our first task was to build the attic plug. We first measured the opening, and then went to work to cut the OSB to size, add drywall on the bottom, and then add two pieces of insulation on top.
Our second task was to build a crawl space cover … but not just a cover, it’s basically going to be a mini house with trusses, shingles and siding. Here’s the opening we will be covering:
There was quite a bit of planning and measuring…
We custom cut some small trusses as the outside of the frame, and notched the ends so that it would tuck under the vinyl siding. It was designing and building as we went along.
We then layered some OSB on the top, so the ‘mini roof’ is now ready for shingles and vinyl next week.
Well, that’s a wrap for week 3! It’s been an exhausting and fulfilling week. We actually get the weekend ‘off’ … so we will definitely be sleeping late tomorrow morning ;-).
I see the windows and doors have been installed. That should protect the interior. This is becoming a wonderful home. The addition of the siding is impressive. Enjoy your well earned weekend. We will watch you next week. You are great.