Sat May 22, and Tues the 25th we were busy getting the home closed in. Our focus was sheathing the roof and getting ready for shingles. The front porch roof and the gable overhangs needed to be in place. The volunteer team on Saturday completed sheeting the full back of the house which was quite an accomplishment. When you can see the progress of installing 4x8 sheets- it's motivating. We are approaching a hot spell in the weather so we are a bit concerned with the heat up on the roof. Bonus: now we have created our own shade!!
I've discovered that not everyone is comfortable with being on the roof. Good thing it's only a 5/12 pitch. We had 2 people handing the OSB up to 2 people on the plank who then lifted it to those on the roof. On the roof, some were tacking the sheets into place and others were coming behind and finishing the nailing. I personally love to nail the OSB onto the roof. On a lower pitch roof you can actually sit down to nail and move along. If it wasn't hot I think I could do this all day!
Interior walls still needed to be completed so that's being worked on at the same time. At the end of the day, we were ready to put up a wall along the stairs but the hole hadn't been cut out of the floor yet. I think we all appreciated seeing the stair opening as this helped give a better vision of the floor plan for many.
In order to build the front and side decks, we needed to dig post footings and have them inspected ( in the picture are the cement cookies placed at the bottom of the hole to be filled in with cement). Our building inspector for Leelanau County, Thomas Pope came out to inspect the holes for depth and I took the opportunity to snap his photo. I have to imagine that this is a bit different for them as well - having the home built by so many women volunteers. Everyone has been very careful to ask questions and follow the directions to the best of their ability. You can't ask for any more that - that's for sure.
We were planning on having the volunteers install the shingles- and I knew hot weather was here this week. In a meeting with Pam - Habitat's Director on Monday I discovered 2 things: first- we could have the roofing done professionally and second- we didn't usually work on holiday weekend. Yeah!! we could take Saturday off and spend time with the family:). Victor called John from Mariage Roofing and he volunteered his crew's time to roof the house. That was a blessing as so many women couldn't get up on the roof. Also, we work during the heat of the day which isn't very good for the shingles. The roof would be done before we came back on site after the Memorial Day weekend.
Tuesday May 25th proved to be a very hot day. Some of the women were really bothered by the heat even though we were drinking lots of water. One of the jobs was finishing the blueboard on the gable end of the home which was outside in the sun. The ladies really stayed on task and by the end of the day the job was done. I really have to commend everyone for giving so much effort to complete this home. Thank you all so much- Nancy Lisabeth(Grand Bay Building and Remodeling)
Next on the agenda: installing windows
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