Welcome and we hope you had a very Merry Christmas. On the last day of 2008 we have a variety of projects for all willing volunteers. Some of these are:
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.
The following are days we will be working at the site over the next two weeks.
Wednesday, December 17
Saturday, December 20
Saturday, December 27
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Lunch will be provided on Saturdays.
Since we have some inside work, weather should not be a major problem.
All are welcome.
In spite of a forecast of lousy weather (snow, wind and cold temps) we will be working tomorrow at the build site. Siding installation (house and garage), painting and cleanup are on the menu. Not much going on in the house (for volunteers), with the plumbing (more), electrical and heating things in progress.
If you plan to work outside, think of putting on double layers, windbreakers and head covering. There will be the heated garage as a warming station.
Look forward to seeing you Saturday (December 6).
Happenings at the house include an example of why we put Ice and Water shield at the eves. If you look close, you might notice some damage to the soffits. Another job for Saturday. Here is another view of the house.
If you ever have a question about whether we are working, please call the “HOTLINE” at 847-326-7563. Lee keeps this up to the minute.
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
W. C. Fields
There will be no activities at the build site, tomorrow, December 3, because of inclement weather. The forecast of freezing rain and snow makes working on scaffolds too dangerous. Hope to see you all on Saturday, December 6.
Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, we can get back to our normal schedule - building on Wednesday and Saturday. The outlook for this coming Wednesday is not good (rain and snow forecast) and since most of the activities are outside, we may not be working. If there are any questions, call the hotline number (847-326-7563) for the latest updates.
If we do work. painting and installing siding will be the main tasks. Parallel with these activities are the plumbing and electrical work, by others.
We had a nice day, today, and made good progress with a medium-sized, but experienced, group of volunteers.
Our normal work days at 959 Lavoie Ave., Elgin, are Wednesdays and Saturdays. Occasionally there will be activities on other week days. Lunch is provided on Saturday.
With Thanksgiving day on Thursday, there will be no change in the days available to help. Both Wednesday and Saturday, on either side of turkey day will see activities at the site. Also, both these days in the preceeding week (19th and 22nd), are available for fun and games.
Some scheduled activities on the 19th include painting of siding (in heated garage), installation of trim on outside of garage and house, complete partitions and miscellaneous framing in house, complete flashing of installed windows and work in basement. Saturday, the 22nd, will have many of the same activities as Wednesday.
Both of these Saturdays (and all Wednesdays) are “open” days. meaning volunteers from any church, affiliation or walk of life are welcome. We look forward to working with you.
In spite of a forecast for nasty weather, twenty one volunteers came to the site and accomplished all the items on the Task List. Well done, lasses and lads.
Soffits were completed, including necessary trim pieces, fascias on both garage and house were finished, all the windows were installed and a good start was made on getting the electrical boxes installed in the house.
The windows are fiberglass clad wood. The fiberglass dictates special flashing, thus the colorful look. Since there will be bedroom in the basement, an egress window is required.
We are very fortunate to have a large and varied group of volunteers dedicating themselves to building the home. Here are two of the more dedicated: Dick Kingdon with wife Lee.
Some additional photos are here.
The next post will contain a schedule of work days for the holiday part of this month.
The weather forecast is terrible, for both Friday and Saturday. But, since we are under roof and with heat in the garage, we are going to give it a go on both those days.. If nothing else, we will do painting in the garage.
On Wednesday last, several of the volunteers (Tommy here) worked into the evening using (Dom here) lights to cut and install soffit panels (Si Cartland) on the garage. With this part done, we can run a propane heater and keep it nice ans cozy. At least cozy enough to paint siding and trim pieces. These are fiber cement siding and panel pieces.
While the lighted install went on outside, Dick Kingdon and Don put up lights and nailed hurricane clips in the garage.
A more complete set of photos can be found on Picasa. A complete set of larger photos are here.
Volunteers —– Because of the weather forecast for tomorrow (rain and snow) and the fact that most of the work is on scaffolding, the work day scheduled for Saturday November 8, 2008 has been canceled. Another reason is that it is too cold to paint.
The next work day will be Wednesday, November 12, when we will be installing windows, soffits, trim and painting (if warm enough). Hope to see many of you then.
Roger
The forecast says sunny, the track is fast and there is much to be accomplished; thus, any and all of you are invited to come to the site this Wednesday and help with the items given in the previous post.
The first snow flakes fell today and we need to get the house covered and closed to the weather. This means finishing the sheathing of the roof (mainly the roof over the side bump-outs), installing the ice and water shield membrane over six feet of roof up from the eves and 30# roofing felt over the remainder of the roof.
Then when the windows and doors arrive we can close up the walls. The windows were ordered today, with a delivery schedule of about ten working days, maybe sooner. The doors will be purchased locally.
Once the windows and doors are installed we can get serious about the siding.
Hope to see many of you Wednesday.
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Selected Photos — http://picasaweb.google.com/mattson.roger/
Large Size Photos — http://www.mickalson.com/Build%20Photos%202008%2010%2025/index.php
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Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.
- Evan Esar
