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!!!