416 31st Ave N

Monday, October 10, 2011

Week 2 - So much progress... you'll be floored!

September 19-23

Week 2 brought us another week of wonderful B of A volunteers, beautiful weather, and tons of progress! First floor interior walls went up, the house was racked, plates put on, second floor trusses went up, and the second floor decking put on. Every day that passes leaves such a tremendous change as it transforms into a house, and our skilled, positive volunteers have been an absolute pleasure to work with. Moving upwards every day, we're on to the second coming up in week 3 :)


Interior walls

Kate + skill saw + ladder.... notches in the plates and all my fingers at the end of the day!








Racking the house







Good thing part of the AmeriCorps prerequisites include being part monkey, haha






Wall delivery!


Decking the second floor







Second floor!




End of week 2!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Week 1... here we go!

September 15 & 16

My first week on the job was so much fun! Great volunteers from Bank of America helped us finish decking the first floor, construct, sheath, and put up our first exterior walls, and organize all our tools. It was a wonderful start to the year :)

First day!




Messy...

...Organized!

Walls!!!



My first crew :)



First wall!!!





Just carrying a wall on my own... no big deal :)





 Great first week!