April 2, 2012 - It was HOT!

Our headline we all agreed should be: “It was Hot!”

Or as they say in the south, gloriously warm. Monday, our first work day…we’re excited, we’re ready to go, we’re thirsty and tired before we know it.
We all get to work together on this trip. The two houses we’re working on today and tomorrow are right next to each other.

We break into informal groups. The most adventurous, and hopefully sure-footed, tackle putting on a new metal roof. Others are cutting and painting plywood, still others are lifting the metal sheets and drilling nail holes in them, prior to being installed on the roof. Still others are putting up hardy board cement siding. And finally we had a quintet installing fascia board around the roof. That task was complicated by the fact that previous work around the roof had not been done correctly.

Did I mention that it was hot? Thank goodness for Karen’s nursing training, she announced regular water breaks and regular reapplication of sun tan lotion. All in all we had a great start and since we are all very tired, should get a good night’s sleep and be ready to go strong again tomorrow. And by the way there is a chance of rain tomorrow…but still 88 degrees!


The Gals

Mel Team

Jerry & Dennis

Fletcher and Dennis


Schlepping



Siding

Roof

Finished House