All week was spent finishing up the home of Concepcion Guzman. The frame had already been built, and some drywall done, but there was still much to be completed. They jumped after it. All the drywall was hung, taped, mudded, sanded and almost completely painted, the stucco outside was done (sorry mom, you missed it on this one), floor was put down, a ramp was built for a child in a wheelchair, and the porch between the old trailer and new house was made much more sturdy. That was a lot of stuff for a week, especially considering it was over 100 each day and they never see that up north. Part of the group also spent a few days at the home of Rosa Chavez. We had tried a couple times to stop the roof from leaking and didn't have much luck, so we built a new section of roof over the area we found the leak to be. Also they hung new insulation and paneling again, and also fixed some electric and stability problems.
One of the guys from the group made me a carrot cake for my birthday, but I didn't get over there right away, Erin hid me a piece in the other fridge, but when I went to get it, it was gone, so I missed out on the carrot cake. Sad.
Well, I am back in the office now, getting caught up and ready to rock. Working on some fire and fundraising stuff for now. Have a great week.
Hanging the stucco netting. Some people call it chicken wire, but it said stucco netting on the label so that is what we are going with.
Hanging the gyp rock (that's what they call it up north)
More stucco netting.
Not sure if you can see it or not, but there is a huge pit bull or rotweiler or something at the end of the water stream. It was huge and mean, but it absolutely loved the water.
Most of the drywall is done.
Staining the ramp
Sanding the joint compound creates a lot of dust, that or they brought their own snow from Canada because we don't get any here.
Finished
They claimed 400 square feet for Canada :)
The group with some of the family.
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