It was a beautiful cool and sunny day – about 57 degrees this morning! Driving up to the house this morning, it was nice to see it really taking shape.
The devotional from a local pastor was especially touching. He told a story about 3 construction workers. Each was asked what they do for a living. The first said he shoveled dirt into his wheelbarrow and moved it to another place. The second said he worked to provide for his family. The third said that he is building a glorious cathedral. His message was that we should not think about our work here as the daily tasks required to build a house, but rather that this house will provide a home for this family – and it will provide shelter for many, many years to come. As always, it’s a great way to start the day!
After our devotional, Bob the Builder hands out sheets of paper with the tasks for the day. Since today had so many jobs going on at the same time, I thought you’d be interested in seeing his list from today.
As you can see from the list, it was a very busy day. Our first task was to complete the gutter board on the front of the house, and tie it into the Rafter tail. The rafter needed to be trimmed, so that the gutter board would be level.
We then added a truss member to the three trusses that were installed backwards. We had to mirror what was pre-installed on the other side.
Our next task was to build an insulation dam at the front porch, which would stop the blown insulation from being blown onto the deck.
While we were busy with our tasks, there was a team on the roof installing the decking. They were able to deck the entire roof, and install the underlayment on the back side of the house.
There was also a team working on installing the hurricane clips, duravents in the ceiling for ventilation, and 3 windows.
The house is getting really close to our goal of having it ‘dried in’ by tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the end of the first two week session. Three couples will be leaving us tomorrow., two of which are going directly to a build in Minnesota :-). To celebrate, the local Habitat affiliate hosts a dinner for us. A local farm uses their garage to catering, so we had dinner beside some huge farming equipment. It is amazing to think about how much I don’t know about farming! The sheer size of this stuff is crazy … the tires are taller than I am … and I don’t think I could even lift one of these wrenches off the rack!
It’s getting complicated. It was fairly simple to understand a few days ago. Now the construction is much more detailed and harder for a nubie like me to follow. Still it’s fascinating to see this progress. Thank you
The house is coming along nicely! Looks like a lot of hard work. Enjoy watching your progress every day!
Go team Delosa! Love all the building terminology you’re learning. Keep up the good work.