Lots of progress this weekend

The house is now officially weathertight. All of the Tyvek is up but we still have a little bit of taping that needs to be completed. We can now work inside anytime the weather isn't good enough to work outside. Thanks to the many volunteers that helped out in brutally cold conditions this weekend we will be ready for siding soon.

We also made good progress inside The House God Built this weekend. Rough-in plumbing is nearly complete and various carpentry projects were completed as well. We are ready for electrical work to begin and will soon be ready for insulation. Once these are complete we'll be ready for volunteers to help with hanging drywall.

Check back again soon for updates.

Update for this weekend

The rock needed to backfill around the footings could not be delivered on Friday so that work cannot occur until next week. Also, the electrical plans are not in yet so the electrical rough-in this weekend may consist only of placing the electrical boxes where we can anticipate their need unless an electrician is available give us guidance. The remainder of our exterior and interior projects are still a go for this weekend. Hope to see you later at The House God Built.

We've got lots of work to do this weekend.

Come be a part of The House God Built this weekend. We would love to have you over.

Sign-up to help at www.thehouseGodbuilt.volunteerhub.com or call 573-837-4047.

We would like to set-up scaffolding and finish wrapping the house in Tyvek (the first floor is nearly wrapped already). The plumbing and electrical rough-in can also begin now and we can pour the footings for the front porch. If the rock is delivered tomorrow we can backfill around the footings on the new portion of the basement also. (A Bobcat would be really helpful if someone can bring one.)

In addition, we have some general site clean-up that can occur. We cut down a tree last week and need to do a little pick-up and haul off of the remainder of that debris.

Dress to stay warm but if all goes as planned we'll have heat for those indoors. Wear boots and gloves. Bring tools to be able to do any of the tasks listed above. Please respond with a comment if you have questions or you can give us a call at 837-4047.

Work continues today

Work at The House God Built continues today with some clean-up and other odds and ends. The shingles were finished yesterday. We still need to finish installing the Tyvek on the second floor to make the house weather tight. Rain and snow are forecast for tonight so we might have a slight delay with finishing the Tyvek. This weekend we'll be starting on plumbing and doing more of the interior work and any exterior work that weather will allow. Please come join us. Sign-up at www.thehouseGodbuilt.volunteerhub.com or call 573-837-4047 for more information.

What a weekend at THGB!

This was another awesome weekend at The House God Built. In fact, the last five days have shown unimaginable progress. When Wednesday began, all that existed at 529 S. Hanover was a basement but now it is really looking like a house. The exterior is framed up as is almost all of the interior. Shingles are going on today and once the Tyvek is completed, the house will be weather tight.


Just as important though, we enjoyed having the LaCroix confirmation class and their mentors working on the site Saturday morning. They helped move literally at least a ton of bricks and seemed to actually enjoy digging mud out of the basement. Their enthusiasm for serving was uplifting. Later we had a huge cookout on the vacant lot across the street. It was a great time of building community by fellowship while we took a break from building a house.

The blog also has a new feature that premiered this weekend. In the column on the right there is a button that says 'Construction Schedule'. Click on this for details on what has been done so far and what remains to be done. Items that are completely to the left of the vertical line are finished, items that straddle the line are in progress, and items that are to the left still need to be done.

Come back and take a look at the blog frequently as we'll update continued progress and opportunities to volunteer frequently.

More photos of yesterday's work

Here are a few more pictures from our work yesterday. We accomplished a lot yesterday but still need to get more work done today before it rains again. Please come by and help if you can.

THGB - Taking Shape

The house has really taken shape this week. Today we got the doors and windows installed, felt paper on the roof, and much of the interior framing completed. Thanks to the confirmation class of 29 kids and their adult mentors we moved several pallets of bricks and did some work towards preparing the basement for concrete. We also took down a tree in the backyard and took some major limbs off another tree that were too close to THGB and the neighbor's house.

On Sunday we hope to get the roof shingled and wrap the house in Tyvek before we have any more rain. If you can help please sign-up or call 573-837-4047 for more information.