Weekend Eighteen

We are nearing the completion of Rachael and McKenzie's house!

The week before Thanksgiving was a busy one at 17 Medbury Road. We were able to hang all of the interior doors and install the remaining door hardware, shelf brackets, and window blinds. We also completed the trim in the living room. Rachael and her friends went through the house and touched-up paint.

Reddon Electric returned to complete the electrical work. The plumbing fixtures were delivered and will be installed in the coming weeks.

Volunteers also helped clean the house and organize the storage container. We are almost done! I would like to once again thank the many volunteers, organizations, and companies that have contributed to this project. Your hard work and dedication make all the difference!

Weekend Sixteen,Seventeen

This week I'm combining two weekends into one blog.

I was not there last weekend(Nov. 7th) , but can tell you that the trim work was continued and all the walls and ceilings were touched up with joint compound and painted where necessary.
The closets were all accessorized with closet maid wire shelving and the appliances arrived for installation.
The storage unit was started to be cleaned out in anticipation of being removed from the work site in the next few weeks.

This past weekend , 99% of the trim work was installed, puttied,and painted. The electrician from Reddon Electric completed most of the final connections and installs of electrical fixtures.
Hardware was installed on all the interior doors and the house was thoroughly cleaned in anticipation of carpet being installed this week by Carpetland.
Once the countertop is fabricated by Curtis Lumber, we will install it and then our plumbers can come in and complete all plumbing fixture installations.

We are getting very close to completion at 17 Medbury Rd. and I know Rachel and McKenzie are anxious to move into their new home.

I would like to personally thank ALL the many volunteers , organizations and companies that have contributed to this great cause.
In tough economic times that we are all facing these days, it is truly inspiring to see people come together for a common cause such as this an accomplish it in such a short amount of time.


THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU from the Habitat For Humanity BLOGGER!!!!

Weekend #15

The crew from Skidmore College was once again at work at 17 Medbury Rd.
The tasks at hand were installation of the interior doors and once these were in, the team filled in the nail holes, painted the door slabs and also the door frames.
The exterior doors were also painted along with the frames. While this work was being done , the storage shed out back was finally completed and painted.
This should complete all the exterior work at 17 Medbury with the exception of final grading and landscaping which will be done in the spring.
The electrical fixtures are being installed and the kitchen cabinets were also hung this week.
Vinyl flooring was installed courtesy of Carpetland Flooring.
Next week the trim work will be installed , nail holes filled and misc. touching up of walls and trim.
Hope to see you all next Saturday. Thanks for making Rachel and MacKenzie's dream a reality!!!
A special thanks goes out to the Girl Scout Troop 3074 from Glens Falls for supplying the Habitat crew with an awesome lunch!! The food was excellent.

Weekend # 14

I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend we had off, but it was back to work for the Habitat crew at 17 Medbury Rd.
The taping of the sheetrock was completed and it was time to paint Rachel and Mackenzie's new home.Many thanks to Bill LaFountain and his crew for doing a great job on the drywall taping.
It was a good thing we had inside work to do as it poured most of the day.
Amazingly, we primed and painted the entire house in one day!!!Awesome job by the featured work crew of Skidmore College.
We would also like to acknowledge Highland Heating and Plumbing for making a special trip down on Saturday and getting the furnace running for our work crew.
Next week we should start hanging interior doors and painting the doors and frames. Also the kitchen cabinets should arrive for install.
Maybe if the weather cooperates, we can finish the storage shed.Keep your fingers crossed.
See you all Saturday and "Thank You" for making our project such a huge success.

Weekend #13

Well it was lucky weekend #13 as the weather cooperated and the Habitat group was able to complete some much needed work outside this weekend.
With winter knocking on our door, the plan was to complete the front porch railings and steps,install a landing at the rear door and try and finish the storage shed that was started a couple of weeks ago.
The shed is almost complete with the exception of the front doors and some trim.
Meanwhile a few workers were finishing up some odds and ends of sheetrock in the house while in the basement, all the interior trim pieces were given a fresh coat of finish paint.Also the dryer vent was installed and the grounds were cleaned up of all the excess materials.
This week our taping crew should start taping the sheet rock, but this work won't be completed by next weekend.
This means that all the hardworking volunteers will get a weekend off to work on their own houses that I'm sure we've all been neglecting.
Painting of the interior should be on the schedule for the weekend of Oct.24th.

Enjoy your weekend off and "Thank You" from the Habitat crew at 17 Medbury Rd.

Weekend #12

Weekend number twelve was overcast and gloomy, so work was concentrated to just the interior at 17 Medbury Rd.
Sheetrock was completed with the exception of one closet , so next up will be the taping of the sheetrock. This will be done by TMSM Drywall Finishers of Corinth.Bill and Terrylee LaFountain have graciously donated time AND materials needed to complete the taping.This work will commence sometime next week.
This coming weekend (if Mother Nature cooperates), we will complete the outdoor storage shed, the back porch and the railing at the front porch. This should complete outdoor projects so we can move on to the interior and start putting together the interior on Rachel and McKenzies new home.
Many thanks to the repeat crew from the Saratoga "Y" and for supplying lunch to our hard working crew.
See you all this Saturday.Keep your fingers crossed for good weather!!!

Eleventh Weekend!

This Saturday was a spectacular Fall day. The only thing that could have made it better was if a couple of balloons from the Balloon Fest had flown overhead!

We had a wonderful group from North Warren High School that included students and teachers. Thanks to Mike Therio and his wife, Susan, for organizing the High School Seniors at North Warren. They did an awesome job. A group consisting of just students sheet rocked almost the entire back bedroom themselves, including the closet which is a very time consuming job.

From a hard labor point of view, several volunteers took on the back-breaking task of filling in the ditch in the front of the house. Many rocks and lots of tree roots made the job a true workout.

Another group of volunteers were given the task of building the shed. The directions that came with the shed were a little tough to follow - even for our experienced construction folks. But they persevered, and got most of the shed put together.

So for this upcoming, projects will consist of continued work on the sheet rocking, completion of the shed, some work on the front porch railing, and perhaps some work on the back entry/porch.

10th Weekend

Well folks, don't expect the typical creative and clever blog as Aaron is out of town this week and next! I will try my best to make this sound interesting....We had a chilly but sunny day yesterday to hang the sheetrock. The crew from Queensbury United Methodist Church and other enthusiastic volunteers worked very hard to get the sheetrock on the ceilings (never an easy job!). The materials were generously donated by Snyders Drywall in S. Glens Falls. The Drywall Center of So. Glens Falls donated the delivery of the drywall. And the much-needed lift was donated by Allerdice. A sincere thank you to Synders, Drywall Center, Allerdice and all of our volunteers in giving Rachel and MacKenzie smooth and even ceilings and walls!

Next week we will continue hanging the sheetrock along with finishing up miscellaneous projects (front railing, back steps, etc.). Looking forward to another fun Fall weekend!

9th Weekend

After taking some time off to enjoy the beautiful Labor Day Weekend, the Habitat crew was once again in action at 17 Medbury Rd.
The Saratoga Rugby Women had the pleasure of insulating Rachel and McKenzies new home.
The whole house was insulated and swept clean on the inside while Bill Tretiak of Tretiak Construction continued installing siding on the outside of the home.Bill should finish installing siding this week. Many thanks to Bill for his efforts.
Also we should point out that Community Plumbing and Heating of Stony Creek has roughed in most of the plumbing on the new home.We also appreciate their contribution to our project.
This coming Saturday we will start to install the sheetrock and continue with some misc. projects on the exterior. Hope to see another energetic crew and keep up the great work!!!
THANKS EVERYBODY!!!

Eighth Weekend

So our streak of beautiful weather finally ended!! Oh well,All good things must come to an end.
Saturday was a wet one so work was concentrated to the interior of the house at 17 Medbury Rd.
A very small crew (six including myself) installed the underlayment for the vinyl flooring in the kitchen, laundry and bath rooms. In the basement, the perimeter of all the exterior floor joists were insulated to keep Rachel and McKenzie's new home toasty warm.
The crew was out of interior work by 11:30 and the rain was still coming down, so all were sent home.
Yours truly stayed and built the stairs for the front porch and completed the railings on the front porch also.
Work will resume on the house on Sept.12th. Have a great Labor Day weekend and we hope to see everyone back at 17 Medbury once again.

Seventh Weekend

The Habitat crew was hard at work again this past weekend at 17 Medbury Rd.
The agenda included continuation of the vinyl siding application and installation of the electrical system. Habitat was assisted by Bill Tretiak of Tretiak Construction of Corinth and Pat Redden of Redden Electric of Ballston Spa.We appreciate (and of course Rachel and McKenzie appreciate) the assistance given by these fine contractors.
This weeks feature work crew was the hard working crew from St. Peter's Church.
Everyone seemed to enjoy the day (although our stretch of good weather ended.Oh,well!!) and we are exceeding our anticipated schedule of progress.
Keep up the great work folks.!!!
We would also like to thank the Saratoga Abundant Life Church for providing a delicious lunch this past Saturday.
This weekend we should wrap up the vinyl siding and just about complete rough in of electrical work.
See you all this Saturday .

Reminder; No work is scheduled for the Labor Day weekend , so keep this in mind if you plan on showing up the weeknd of Sept.5th.

Sixth Weekend

This weekend the Habitat crew with the help of MANY volunteers from the Saratoga Rugby Association continued great progress on Rachel and McKenzies new home.
The front and rear doors were installed on the house , the electrical rough in phase was started and the vinyl siding installation began.Work also continued on the front porch.While several crews worked on the siding, another crew had the envious task (not fun) of installing the insulation on the concrete walls in the basement.
There were almost 30 volunteers on hand this past weekend from Saratoga Rugby, by far our largest group.Habitat thanks all of you for your support of this worthwhile project.
We would also like to thank them for providing an AWESOME lunch.!!
Next week we will continue with installation of the siding and work on the porch.
Our perfect streak of weather continued, so lets hope it continues again this coming weekend.

Fifth Weekend

We're five for five weatherwise!!! Saturday was another picture perfect day for the Habitat crew at 17 Medbury Rd.
We arrived to see the new shingles all completed on Rachel and McKenzie's house. Yeah!! No more wet floors.
The crew completed the bracing of the trusses,removed all temporary bracing,installed the decking on the front porch,bridging in the floor joists installed and all the new windows were installed and insulated. A lot of tasks completed for a small crew, but a job well done by all.
Next Saturday, we will start to install the vinyl siding on the house and continue working on the front porch.Also front and rear entry doors with hardware will be installed.

Hope to see another ambitious crew this weekend and see if we can continue our amazing streak of good weather.
Thank you to all who have contributed to this project. Rachel and McKenzie are truely grateful for all your efforts!!

Fourth Weekend

Bob Kovachick, Keep up the good work!!! Habitat has been blessed with four great weekends of weather in which to build Rachel and MacKenzie's new home.This weekend a small, but ambitious crew from J.M.Z. Architectural and Planning firm continued great progress on the new structure. The sheeting was installed on the rest of the roof with one crew of workers while the other team assembled the framework for the front porch.
During this coming week, the shingles will be installed on the roof courtesy of East River Builders,LLC out of Lake Luzerne.
The schedule for this coming weekend will include the installation of the new windows while work continues on the front and rear porches.Final placement of bracing in the attic area on the trusses should allow us to remove all the temporary braces which are presently installed on all the interior walls.
Habitat for Humanity is extremely grateful to all the volunteers. We are actually further along than we anticipated on our schedule to complete the new home.
See you next Saturday and let's hope to go five for five weather wise!!!

Third Weekend

Once again Mother nature cooperated with Habitat for Humanity and provided us with a beautiful day.
A HUGE crew was on hand and an enormous amount of work was completed on Saturday.
The remaining interior walls leftover from last weekend were built, stood in place and braced.The gable end trusses were sheeted on the ground prior to being craned into place. All the roof trusses were set, braced and ready for roof sheeting. After lunch,we started installing the plywood on the roof while other volunteers installed blocking in the walls,finished up some misc. sheeting on the exterior walls and organized the job site '
Thanks to Gallop Concrete for supplying the crane to set the roof trusses on the house.
Next weeks agenda will be to install the rest of the roof sheeting and build the front porch deck.
Many thanks to all who helped. Keep up the great work!!

Second Weekend

17 Medbury Rd, was once again the scene of much activity this past weekend for the Habitat crew.
Approximately 13 volunteers showed up to frame the walls for Rachel and McKenzie's new home.The weather looked threatening in the morning, but it turned out to be a beautiful day.
All the exterior walls were erected, sheeted and stood in place. Also some of the interior walls were built and installed.
This coming weekend we will concentrate on completing all the walls and in the afternoon, the trusses for the roof should be up and braced in place. Let's hope we have another beautiful weekend weather wise and we hope to see another ambitious crew of volunteers to complete these tasks.
A special mention should be made to note that our P.R. officer Marilyn Reisch was on site bright and early Saturday morning !!! Marilyn prefers to do most of her work in the afternoon, so it was a pleasure to see her so early on a Saturday morning. Keep up the good work everybody. \
See you next Saturday (7/25/09)

First Weekend

Our first weekend at 17 Medbury Rd. was a huge success!! An energetic crew was able to transform a pile of building material into the floor system which will support the hopes and dreams of Rachel and McKenzie for years to come.
In one day, we built the main bearing beam, set it in place, framed the floor system and installed the floor decking.
The weather was perfect and excitement was in the air as everyone there truly enjoyed themselves.

The schedule for this coming weekend is to frame all the walls, sheet the exterior walls and stand up and brace all the walls. This is probably the most tedious weekend on tap, so a big crew would be greatly appreciated.
Hope for another beautiful Saturday and we'll see you all on the 18th.

News coverage of the Groundbreaking Ceremony

Check out what Channel 13 had to say about our Groundbreaking ceremony on July 11th!

http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S1024469.shtml?cat=300

Groundbreaking Ceremony - July 11th at 9:30 am

Join us for the Groundbreaking Ceremony for Rachael and McKenzie's new home!
The ceremony will begin at 9:30 am at 17 Medbury Road, Porters Corners!
This will also be our first day of building.

Community Meeting - June 23 @ 7 pm

Please attend the Community Meeting to learn more about our upcoming build! We hope you will join us in helping our newest family build the home of their dreams!

Tuesday, June 23rd at 7pm
Adirondack Life Fellowship
8 Mountain Ledge Drive
Wilton NY

New Build Coming Soon!

We are excited to begin our next build in Greenfield Center this spring! Check back soon for more information.