We had a relaxing, but busy, weekend. We decided to wash the outside of ‘Roadie’ (the name of our Tiffin Open Road motor home). As you can imagine, it’s quite a task …. especially given how many bugs wanted to travel with us along the way ;-). We installed a pressure washer in the basement of the motor home last year, which comes in very handy for washing. Since we were on a cleaning binge, we decided to clean the inside of Roadie on Sunday and catch up on some clothes washing. Fun stuff!
We started our week with a beautiful warm and windy day. Everyone on the team was ready to go bright and early. Even before we gathered for our team meeting, the Town of Sullivan was at the job site installing the main electrical panel. They had no problem digging the trench with the machine they used!
At 8AM, we had our devotional, then our task discussion. As Bob the builder likes to say … “today is the same as yesterday, but just a little different.” So, the Aluminum team continued installing the soffits and fascia on the gutter boards. The Vinyl teams finished up all the walls except for one.
Joe and I worked with Gene to complete the crawl space cover, which is really like building a mini house. We started this morning with custom fitting the soffits on both sides, and rolling out some tar paper across the top.
We then attached the soffits and customized the tabs so that they could all be carefully wrapped along the edges.
Then we installed the drip cap.
Once all the drip caps are installed, we are ready for shingles!
FINALLY, we have the fanciest, heaviest, custom built crawl space cover ever created :-).
While the outside work was progressing, the mudder was making progress taping the sheet rock inside the house. His goal was to finish it up today, and start texturing (paint spraying) the ceiling. In preparation for painting, Bob asked everyone on the team to come inside to cover the tubs and showers, the furnace, water heater pipes and utility room flooring, and all the windows and doors.
When we taped everything up inside the house, it got a bit toasty inside. It was close to 90 degrees this afternoon, so it gave us incentive to finish this task up quickly :-).
Another blessed day here in Sullivan!
I did not understand the function of the drip caps but I could see the very excellent crawl space cover. It isn’t going to move by itself. Covering everything to avoid paint spray looks like a major task in itself. Great progress as usual. It now appears you will have power for lighting and tools inside the house. Moving right along. Terrific accomplishment.
Joe and Deb,
Thumbs up to the both of you and the entire crew for your diligence and heartfelt efforts. WE FEEL THE LOVE!
Thanks for the daily updates; we are enjoying the journey!!
BE SAFE out there and May God continue to richly bless you!
John and Tina
The house really looks great and so do those blue skies!
Awesome accomplishment and blessing for someone soon.
Enjoy the photos. Take care and be safe.