11 Medbury Rd.,Week Six

Habitat for Humanity was blessed with another beautiful Saturday to continue work on Chris, Penny and Matt's new home.
During the week, the crew from Just Service Plumbing and Heating of Gansevoort started roughing in the plumbing on our latest build. Just Service is a new contributor to our organization and we welcome them aboard.
On Friday, East River Builders of Luzerne installed the new shingle roof. East River Builders is one of our returning contractors and we appreciate their contribution to our project.
The tasks at hand on Saturday were installing the new windows and starting to install siding.Also work was to be continued on the front porch.
Bill Tretiak from Tretiak Construction volunteered to help with the installation of the siding. Bill is also a repeat vendor who donated his time and effort to our last build.
All the windows were installed and insulated, the front porch was framed and decked and a good portion of the siding was started.

Thank you to all our our contractors who make our dream of affordable housing come true for all our recipients.



*******REMINDER********

No work scheduled for the weekend of Sept. 4th. ENJOY your Labor Day weekend and we'll see you all on Sept. 11th.

THANKS from Habitat for Humanity of Warren,Washington and Northern Saratoga Counties.

11 Medbury Rd. Week 5

The weather Gods once again cooperated with the Habitat for Humanity crew.

Saturday was one of those not too hot, not too cool days, so alot of work was accomplished.

The remainder of the roof sheathing was installed,
The trusses were all braced and all sheetrock nailers installed on top of all the interior partitions;
The basement furring installation on the walls was completed;
Blocking for cabinets and grab rails were installed;
The rear porch landing was framed and decked;
Proper vent installed in the trusses for insulation;
And the front porch was started to be framed.
Also the electrical service was partially installed and outlet and switch boxes mounted in the house. The electrical work is being provided by Reddon Electric of Ballston Spa which did an awesome job on last years build. Welcome back Pat Reddon!!!

WHEW!!! I'm tired just typing all that stuff. GREAT job by our ambitious group of volunteers who also were treated to a delicious lunch provided by; Molly Mason Jar restaurant of Luzerne and Price Chopper of Queensbury. Please support these businesses who support our great cause.
This week the shingles will be installed on the roof courtesy of East River Builders of Luzerne who was one of our strong supporters of last years build.

This weekend the work schedule will consist of installing doors and windows on the exterior and the start of the siding.
Hope to see another energetic crew of volunteers to continue making great progress on our build.

******* NOTICE*****

We will not be working the weekend of Sept. 4th so everyone can enjoy the last big weekend of summer.



Next Saturday we will install doors and windows and start the installation of the siding.

11 Medbury Rd. Week Four

Week four was once again blessed with a BEAUTIFUL day to set trusses on Chris, Penny and Matt's new home.
As mentioned in the previous post, Gallop Concrete was supposed to set our trusses for us. Due to a mechanical problem, Gallop was unable to keep their commitment, which sent the Habitat crew scrambling to find a crane service at the last minute.
A big, HUGE, Billy Fuccillo thank you goes out to ALLMARK SERVICES of Nassau for coming to our rescue on such short notice to set our trusses with their crane. THANK YOU MARK MOESKE (owner) for donating your labor AND crane free of charge.
The trusses were set and 3/4 of the roof was sheeted today. This chore will be completed next Saturday.
Also completed today was the unenviable task of working in our short crawl space installing furring on the concrete walls which the insulation will be affixed to. Blocking was also installed in the house for grab rails and cabinets and Tyvek wrap applied to the exterior walls.

Many, many thanks to all the volunteers who worked hard today. Also a big thank you to the members of the Habitat committees who keep us hydrated and WELL fed during the builds.

Next week we should wrap up the roof sheathing, brace trusses, and additional blocking. Also we may start drilling holes for wiring and mounting boxes.

Keep up the GREAT work everyone. Penny,Chris and Matt are counting on YOU!!!!!!

11 Medbury Rd. Week Three

Habitat was once again blessed with a beautiful day to continue work on Chris, Penny and Matt's new home.
We had a large crew on hand to complete the task of framing all the interior walls and bracing all the walls and completing the sheeting on the exterior of the new home.
The volunteer crew did an excellent job in a timely manner which meant everyone went home early to enjoy the rest of their weekend.
The roof trusses are scheduled to be built this week and delivered on site in time for Saturday.
Lou Gallop of Gallop Concrete has generously offered to set the trusses free of charge with his boom truck this weekend which will make everyones life a lot easier. Thanks Lou!!!

A big shout out goes to this weeks vendors which donated or discounted items; Fierro's Pizza of Greenfield Center and Wiley Bros. Inc. Lumber of Schaghticoke,Rensselaer county.

Thank you from the Habitat for Humanity of Warren, Washington and Northern Saratoga Counties.

See you Saturday and hopefully we "raise the roof"on our latest build.