Days Six, Seven and Eight

Now I need to go back and try to remember what happened each day. I couldn't summon the energy to write anything the rest of the week. Day six was Thursday and we finally finished the roof, vent cap and all. The drywall was finished in the afternoon and the electricians wired most of the light fixtures, switches and outlets. St. Clair Catholic Church in Berea provided lunch and it was excellent as always. The photo here shows the progress in early afternoon.

I said on Day five that steps were in, but unfortunately they weren't safe yet. After the MCHS Homecoming parade we went back to paint the walls with primer and worked until 11 o'clock. The funny part of the evening was watching Mo paint in her sleep. The bad part was the accident as we were leaving. Minnie and Moni both got hurt on the steps.

Friday we worked on siding on the gable ends of the house, soffits and fascia trim. The steps were finished out front and porch posts were installed. Inside the house the underlayment went down to get ready to lay vinyl. We found out that the window problem was more of a framing problem than a window problem. One side of the frame was way out of plumb. Bybee Methodist Church provided an excellent meal and some help with soffits.

There was a pretty big work crew again Saturday. The Berea College Habitat Chapter came back and the First Methodist youth came out. They painted walls, doors and trim, worked on siding and glued electric conduit. The soffit on the porch was completed and all the j-channel needed for siding around the porch was put in. After the window problem was fixed, the siding on the front went up pretty fast.

The house didn't get finished in eight days because of the low volunteer turnout during the week, but it was still amazing how much work was done with volunteer labor in that short time.

Terry worked on trim and installing doors Monday and in the evening a few of us painted so we wouldn't have to paint over the carpet which is being installed today. Maybe I can get more photos tonight to post. Blitz weeks are always exhausting, but incredibly rewarding and this one was no different.