Wednesday

Wednesday.

Today began with a group visit to The Vermont House site in Three Rivers. It was expected that the inspector would finally come and concrete would be poured around the peers which make up the foundation.

We left a crew there and the rest of our team returned to the Waxman house where work continued on the interior. We are insulating the walls and completing details of the framing before beginning to sheet rock the walls.

Around noon Charlie called down a eight of the team joined the seven already at the Three Rivers site. The worked on building the frames that hold the windows in the walls of the house. The plan is that on Monday when the next team arrives, they will lay out the base and top plates. Lay down the precut studs, put the already constructed door and window frames in to place and then simply nail the plates to them. Almost no cutting before the wall is raised into place and then sheathed. This prep work will enable the work to go quickly, but also be done in a way that later work will be facilitated as well. For example there will be no need for extra nailers to added before we can sheet rock.

The work continued all afternoon, even through the light rain. Tomorrow it is hoped the foundation contractor, Allan, will come and level the pillars. He uses a laser to mark the peers and then cuts them off at the right height. The deck supports are then added. The decking on top of that. Unfortunately, the forecast is for rain for tomorrow. We are a little unsure what this will do to our schedule.

At the other site, the remaining five team members worked on the frame prep. 44 sheets of sheet rock were delivered and had to be carried into the house before it rained. Fortunately, a couple of young men visiting the home owner helped move it into the house. We expect to begin hanging the sheet rock on Thursday.