Wednesday night work session

Last night we continued with siding and painting the interior walls, installed the backer board in the upstairs bathroom, and began laying tile in the master bathroom. Tonight we hope to continue with tile, siding, and painting. If you can make time to come out tonight we would love to have your help. We'll work from 6 pm - 9 pm. If you have any questions about how you can help please give us a call on our info line at 837-4047.

Work continues tonight

Tonight we will continue painting and laying tile at The House God Built. If we have enough help we will also continue with siding. We will start at 6 pm and work until about 9. Hope to see you there.

Another weekend of work done

The House God Built is headed into the homestretch. This weekend we continued working on the siding and and nearly have three sides finished. We also worked on interior painting and got quite a bit done. We also were able to have the electrical trench dug, conduit placed, and the trench backfilled. We should have electricity in about a week if things go according to plan.

This week we hope to finish the interior painting, begin laying tile, finish the porch, and side the front of the house. It's an ambitious goal but should be achievable. We probably will also start painting the trim before it is installed next week.

If you are interested in helping out with any of these things please watch the blog and our online volunteer sign-up for additional information.

More painting Thursday night

Tonight we continued to apply the first coat of paint to the interior of The House God Built and thanks to a great volunteer turnout we got lots done. The entire upstairs was painted - two bedrooms, two closets, bathroom, and stairwell. Downstairs the dining room, kitchen and much of the living room were also painted. Combined with the hard working volunteers on Wednesday that hand sanded the entire house and put paint on the walls in the master bedroom, master bathroom and closet, and the laundry room we very nearly have one coat of paint on the entire interior.

This weekend we will continue painting. We need to complete the painting prior to Monday as the hardwood floors will be going in next week. Our plans are to also begin laying tile, complete the front porch, and begin siding the front of the house.

If you are available to help with any of these things please volunteer by signing up online or giving us a call on our info line at 837-4047. Lunch will be provided at noon on Saturday.

Painting continues Wednesday night

Tons of people showed up to paint tonight at The House God Built. We will be painting again tomorrow night starting at about 7 pm. If you are available to help please come. Bring a trim brush and a roller handle if you have them. Hope to see you Thursday night!

Painting begins!

Last night the interior walls were primered and the ceiling was painted. This morning the painting began downstairs and will continue tonight upstairs. If you are free to help come by at 7 pm.

We will likely have a painting crew in on Thursday evening as well. Check back here on the blog or at www.thehouseGodbuilt.volunteerhub.com for more information as it becomes available.

Weekend update and UPDATED plans for the week

Thanks again to our many volunteers who worked hard this weekend to move forward The House God Built. We had beautiful weather to enjoy and the good company of old and new friends to share in the work.

This weekend we were able to make great progress on the siding. The north and back sides of the house are done and the south side of the house is done on the first level. We'll be able to finish this side and start the front later this week.

We also started working on building the porch. It should be finished soon. Pastor Thomas has already tried out sitting on the porch and seemed to enjoy it. (I think he'll like it even better in about a month when we turn the house over to him.) Once the railing is up later this week we'll be ready to side the front of the house.

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Since the weather was so beautiful we decided to concentrate our work outside and left the tile until later. We got three loads of rock delivered and spread it out to form the base of the driveway - an unexpected but much needed bonus.

The drywall finishers worked again on Monday night and the house is now ready for primer. TONIGHT we will be masking off windows and hopefully starting to apply the primer. We should have times available for painting soon! Check back here on the blog for more information.

Work crew needed tonight

We will be meeting at The House God Built at 6 pm tonight to do some outside work before this week's rains begin. Our first priority will be finishing the porch but if we have enough help we can work on siding also.

We will also be able to start masking off windows inside the house in preparation for primer and paint. If you would like to help with either of these activities you can sign-up online or if you have a last-minute opening in your schedule, just come on over. Hope to see you tonight.

### Check back soon for plans for this week ##

This week we will be working on several nights to try to keep the progress moving forward in time for completion in about one month. We need help with painting preparation as well as painting the interior walls this week.

You can help by praying for The House God Built! In addition to prayer, we also need volunteers who can help out during our work sessions. Times for these work sessions will be posted very soon. Check back Monday- we may have a Monday night work session and will likely have sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in addition to our usual weekend times. Hope to see you at The House God Built this week!

Rain Free (mostly) Saturday

Fortunately the rain was limited to occasional drizzle today which allowed us to make great progress on the siding. The siding is now pretty much finished on both the north and back sides of the house. The first floor of the porch is nearly up and looking good. Tomorrow's forcast is for fantastic weather and an even better day at The House God Built. Please come out and join us! We'll meet at 1 pm and work until at least 5 pm but if we're having too much fun to stop we may work later.

### CHANGE IN PLANS ###

We just learned that the drywall finishers do not believe that we will be able to paint this weekend. The temperatures and humidity have prevented drying from happening at the expected rate so painting will be postponed.

Our plans for the weekend will include framing the front porch, continuing with siding, and laying tile. If you would like to help out with these activities we will work from 8-5 on Saturday and again from 1-5 on Sunday. If you have questions please give us a call on the info line at 837-4047 or email us at info@thehouseGodbuilt.com. As always, it helps us out if you can please sign-up online or give us a call if you think you can make it out to help.

We will update the blog with information about painting as soon as possible. We may need help during the week with taping off windows and other prep for painting once the drywall folks give us the ok. Please watch the blog for updates on how you can help out.

Another weekend packed with progress

We made great strides this weekend and we're closing in on the last month of construction.

This weekend the drywall finishing was started and will be completed later this week. We also installed most of the cement board so we'll be ready to lay tile soon. Outside we continued to hang siding and with a great volunteer turnout we could finish this weekend.

Speaking of this weekend we need painters Saturday afternoon! Everything will get taped off by Friday so the primer coats can be sprayed on Saturday morning and the topcoats rolled on Saturday afternoon. We have the paint but just need you to be the painter!

Come ready for a great opportunity to be a part of God working in our community!

If you can help us in any way please sign-up online or call us at 837-4047. Lunch will be provided on Saturday. We can also provide off site childcare on Saturday as well if that would make it possible for you to volunteer. Please let us know that you need childcare as soon as possible by calling our info line at 837-4047 or email us at info@thehouseGodbuilt.com.

Saturday update and upcoming plans

The drywall finishers got off to an early start and began taping and mudding the joints at 7 am today. They completed today's work by lunch and will come back tomorrow for the next layer of mud. A special thanks to them for stepping in to help at the last second to keep The House God Built on track.

We also had volunteers inside THGB who installed cement board in the master bathroom, kitchen, dining room, and laundry room. Outside work was done with the siding and limbs were picked up on the lot where the construction trailer is parked.

Our plans for tomorrow afternoon are to finish the cement board upstairs. If the weather permits we still need to cut up the tree that fell during the ice storm and mow. If we have enough help we would love to move forward with the siding as well. If you have time to help with any of these things we'll see you between 1 and 5 pm on Sunday.

NEXT WEEKEND - We plan to paint the interior of THGB!!! The primer coat will be sprayed on Saturday morning and we need LOTS OF PEOPLE to volunteer to help paint the top coats with rollers. Painters will be needed in the afternoon. It helps our planning tremendously if you can let us know that you are coming - please sign-up online or call us at 837-4047.

Siding, cement board, and lawn care - oh my

Can you tell that it's getting harder to come up with titles for these posts?

We have big plans for The House God Built this weekend and hope you can be a part of them! We will be hanging siding on the back and sides of the house as well as putting cement board down in the kitchen, dining room, laundry room, and bathrooms in preparation for laying tile soon. We also need to cut up a tree that fell during the ice storm and do some mowing/weedeating across the street where the construction trailer is parked. If you have them please bring tools appropriate for whichever of these jobs you would like to help with (i.e. hammer, extension ladder, scaffolding, chainsaw, mower, weedeater, etc.).

We can really use your help. If you have time to come over please give us a call at 837-4047 or sign-up online at www.thehouseGodbuilt.volunteerhub.com. Lunch will be provided on Saturday. We plan on working Saturday from 8 am to 5 pm and Sunday from 1 to 5 pm.

Siding continues

Thanks to our volunteers this weekend we continued to hang siding and now have a good start on three sides. The siding on the front of the house is delayed due to the posts for the front porch being a special order item that is taking longer than anticipated. Once they are available the front porch will be framed and siding can continue around to the front of the house.

This coming weekend we'll continue hanging siding and install cement board in the kitchen, dining room, laundry room, and bathrooms. We would love to have your help! If you're available to help this weekend for a day or even for an hour please come. To help us with our planning please sign-up online or give us a call at 837-4047 if think you can make it.