Since our house is furthest along, all spare day volunteers and experienced roofers were lent to the other 2 houses. In a way it made our job easier because there weren't a lot of extra people always looking for direction....especially nerve wracking when they are looking to me!
Yesterday I thought I'd learned how to side. Apparently I didn't really learn the 100% correct way to side. Today I learned how to undo and start anew. The credo here is if there's any doubt, ask yourself what would you do if it were your house. So Tom, our crew chief mentored me in siding 101.!And as a bonus I got to work with Lisle, perhaps the first time this build. Scott was assigned to putting trim around the garage doors and helping trim out a front gable....nothing requiring a harness or balancing on a pitched surface. Bet his legs liked that!
Today 2 homeowners were on site, Karen and Kathy. Part of the day Karen, our homeowner, worked with me. She is very proud of the finishes she chose and how they are turning out. The siding is a medium dark gray clapboard style, with white trim and a white shingle-style vinyl accent in the front gable. The finishing touch will be black shutters.
Kathy is accruing hours like mad. Most days she comes to the site and works til mid day and then goes home to clean up before going to her second shift job. Since she is well over her required 300 volunteer. hours, she has asked if her hours on site could count toward a friend of hers, since a disability would make it hard for the friend to achieve her required 100 construction hours (a portion of the overall 300 hours.).
Finally, the best thing about today was no rain! Our first woke day without rain. However, there's still plenty of mud.
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