More Framing

Dec 8-15th

We had a big week since school was out. We worked everyday and had some great volunteers! The kid's bedrooms and dormer have come together and we are finished with the plaster so major demo is finally finished! We'll be moving to the upstairs framing and new cooling stack next. Doors and windows should be coming soon too.

Framing

We've been working on various items to get the exterior siding and roof finished. We framed the shed dormer for the master bedroom & some of the openings. Everyone is starting to get a sense for the new spaces. Slow and steadily, its coming together. More framing pictures to come soon!

Also our last review went well with the architecture school, so the hard work is paying off!

Final Design

Roof Begins

Thanks to Formica Company last weekend for helping us get a lot of work done! 

We began shingling the roof on the front and continued with interior demo in the afternoon when the rain started. The roofing is going well, but slowly. It is a 9/12 pitch and not easy to maneuver. 

On the inside you can see the new, open, eat-in style kitchen start to form as we are taking the old bathroom walls out. We had to bust up the 4" of concrete they set the old Marble tile floor on. We're still not sure why they went through so much effort back in 1929 to notch all those joists in the bath and we'll be replacing all the joists in this area. On a good note we did discover the back wall between the garage and basement is 2x6 construction, so we'll have plenty of room for insulation. 

The Shell Begins

It always takes a while to get going, but it is starting to look like a newly remodeled house! We have the siding down and most of the rigid insulation up. We hope for good weather this weekend to get a lot of the roof done. If you are available to help, please sign up! We could use some roofers!
http://www.cincinnatihabitat.org/get-involved/volunteer-opportunities.shtml

The ground was starting to cave in the foundation wall on the front and one of the sides. Habitat hired a contractor to reinforce the wall and add a footing drain. On the front they poured a new foundation outboard of the existing one. One the side they had to reinforce it from the inside with steel beams since there wasn't enough room for the excavation equipment. The new sump pump will push any water up and out of the foundation.

The Demo Continues, approaching the end of this phase!

  Last week was great thanks to some awesome volunteers! And a special thanks to Citi Group for donating $1,500.00 along with a full 8 hours of work! Without great volunteers there wouldn't be a Habitat for Humanity, we appreciate everyone's hard work!

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