Building permanently affordable homes together
Category: Progress
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Siding, trim, battens & more!
Another milestone on the way to being accomplished, with the exterior almost completed before we took a well-deserved holiday break. Huge appreciation to the generosity of dedicated home-raising volunteers Bob Dalton, Blake Willeford, Christian Gonzalez, Dave Wingen, George Julius, Hart Boyd, Joe Schwab, Peter Oakley, Scott Connor, and Steve Lusk. And also Gabbi Korrow and
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Windows installed!
A huge thanks to Dan Neumeyer and Jade Construction for generously donating the work of their crew to help install the windows: Nate Complita, Scott Goldman, and Michael Cox, with coordination support from Kent McCord. Joining them from the home-raising crew were Hart Boyd, George Julius and Peter Oakley, and (not in photo) Bob Dalton,
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East deck!
While the rest of the framing and roof work was happening, we were also building the very sturdy east deck! First the support framing… then the joists… and the flooring, which was painted with GACO… and then framing the porch and rafters! We will install the Suntuf roof later… after all the siding, window trim
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Metal roof is on!
The rains cleared and Christian and Talen installed the metal roof, with ground support from Blake, on Oct 27 and 28th! Another milestone!
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Framing and strapping!
While work was happening on the roof and the east deck, great progress was made on the framing and the strapping. Framing the stairs, the windows, and all the interior walls…. Framing the loft… Installing the strapping that is making this house very sturdy, indeed! And making one future resident of this home very happy!
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Trusses and Roof!
On October 1st, the trusses, the trusses were delivered. Then, starting on October 6, we had a big week culminating in the roof being finished! A huge thank you to Blake, Bob, Christian, Dave, George, Hart, Joe, Peter, Richard, Sean, Scott, Talen, and Klco Construction! Huge gratitude also to Gabbi and Karol who make the
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