Hey
Folks,
Here's
some photos of how things looked at the beginning of the day. During the week, some windows were installed in 5 & 6 and the roofers were in on
Thursday to get the shingles on. Shingling the roof is one of the
jobs we use contractors for as they can get it done in an efficient
and cost effective way.
The
driveways were poured for the WB/Thr (Women Build/Thrivent) houses
and you can see the posts and beams for the subfloor were completed.
The plumbing for these homes was also installed into the crawlspace
area. Once the houses are framed and interior walls are built, the
plumbers will come in again to bring the water & sewer pipes up
from the crawlspace into the kitchen and bath with the plumbing to be
completed as part of the finishing process.
I
have to tell you, we couldn't have asked for a more perfect day
yesterday. The sun was out, the sky was blue, the temperature was
warm with a slight breeze. I was so looking forward to a day working
in the sunshine! This didn't happen. Ended up working inside all day.
Drat! :( It was tough for a few minutes, but I was able to work with
two fantastic women, Ri Len, who you may remember, will be our Women
Build Crew Leader and Kathy (she requested not to be photographed),
who is our expert in installing ductwork along with having a variety
of other skills around our builds. We finished up most of the work
for houses 5 & 6 and got a good start on getting the ductwork for
our WB/Thr homes.
Ri Len & I worked as a team, with Kathy's
guidance, using an electric metal cutter to cut out vent holes in the
aluminum ducting. It's not as easy as it seems. :) We both also got a
chance to use a tool called a sawzall to trim some nailers (you may
remember these from the Feb 24th Safety first post), so we could fit
some of the ductwork into the furnace room. When you have a variety
of people working on different parts of a house, adjustments often
need to be made along the way. Sometimes big ones! Luckily that
wasn't the case yesterday. :)
We
had some great volunteers from Farmers Insurance help us put on
subfloor decking for the WB/Thr homes and install drywall (sorry I
missed getting some pics of that) in house 8. It's very important to
get that first row of subfloor in carefully so the dimensions of the
house end up correct for framing. Holes also need to be drilled in
their proper places for plumbing and to fit over where the bolts are
that secure the beams to the cement foundation. Lots of measuring
twice and, hopefully, drilling once. ;)
Marshall (L),
a regular like me, made sure to wear his safety glasses as he trims a
piece of subfloor.
Muhammad (R),
one of our future homeowners, helps with the decking as part of his
sweat equity hours.
As
a combined group, we nearly completed the subfloor, ducting and
drywall on various houses. Everyone gave their best efforts & a
lot was accomplished. 
This
last photo is of a Magnolia tree, from one of the neighbors' yard,
just about to bloom. Spring!
Until
next time, live you best life, however big or small it may be!
Nanette
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