September 29 – primer coats & ceiling painted

It was another beautiful day today, but hot … especially in the sun.   This afternoon, Accuweather said it was 88 degrees, with a real feel of 94!  

Today was focused on getting two primer coats on and the ceiling painted.   Since they used a paint sprayer, there were two people working on this task.   It was a tough job, since they had to wear masks all day … and there was absolutely no breeze inside the house since everything was taped up.

There were contractors working on the HVAC vents in the crawl space, and the electrician was hooking up the main electrical connection to the house.

That left the rest of the team to finish up on the few remaining items left to be done on the outside of the house.   We rolled out some driveway fabric, and smoothed out the gravel that was delivered this morning.

We then traveled to Gene’s workshop in Bethany to load the flooring that was being stored in his building onto a trailer then transport it to the build site and stack it in the shed.   As we were loading, I noticed a really nice woodworking shop next door.   When I peaked in, I saw the owner working on a custom table.   He came out to talk with us for a few minutes, and shared with us that he grew up in a Habitat house.   It really touched our hearts knowing how good housing can make a difference in people’s lives ;-).

We installed a new mailbox, finished up the shutters and installed the outside lights.   Our work on the outside of the house is done!   It looks great!

Tomorrow is painting day!   Should be fun 🙂