3rd project house, 4th time volunteering. This one was unusually rewarding:
The family members were all very appreciative - they thanked us several times and provided a cold drink to all of the volunteers. The habitat rep says they do this every week.
The father was a pretty good carpenter/framer. He was just tickled to death to be able to work on his own house. Most of the families don't know much.
One of guys working on the next house over came over to thank me. Turns out I worked on his house my first time out. He is early 20s now and was a teenager then without much of a future (his words). The skills he got working on his house he turned into a job in construction. Now he volunteers with Habitat whenever he can and is setting up to go into business for himself.
We got all the trusses up and in place and reframed the outdoor storage - had to add to the top of the walls and redo the door. The plans had the floor too low for the grade.
One funny thing - Mr Fancypants who took it upon himself to run the shed work had much attitude. Forgot we were all volunteers. After we got the wall up that will have the door in it, it looked funny. Turns out Mr pants had cut the header header 3" too long... I kinda took over cause he didn't say much after that.
The family members were all very appreciative - they thanked us several times and provided a cold drink to all of the volunteers. The habitat rep says they do this every week.
The father was a pretty good carpenter/framer. He was just tickled to death to be able to work on his own house. Most of the families don't know much.
One of guys working on the next house over came over to thank me. Turns out I worked on his house my first time out. He is early 20s now and was a teenager then without much of a future (his words). The skills he got working on his house he turned into a job in construction. Now he volunteers with Habitat whenever he can and is setting up to go into business for himself.
We got all the trusses up and in place and reframed the outdoor storage - had to add to the top of the walls and redo the door. The plans had the floor too low for the grade.
One funny thing - Mr Fancypants who took it upon himself to run the shed work had much attitude. Forgot we were all volunteers. After we got the wall up that will have the door in it, it looked funny. Turns out Mr pants had cut the header header 3" too long... I kinda took over cause he didn't say much after that.
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