Monday night work and Tuesday plans

Our plans are to meet at 6 pm on Monday night. Our priority is to adhere the bricks edging the sidewalks and the front portion of the driveway to make it possible to turn those areas over to the landscapers. We also would like to work on finishing the front porch and working on the stair railing inside the house. If you can help please come over to The House God Built at 6 pm.

Tuesday will be an all day work session to finish up as many items as possible. More information regarding Tuesday will be posted later today.

Another great weekend comes to a close

Thanks to a fantastic turnout at The House God Built today we got all of the bricks moved across the street and placed onto the driveway and sidewalks. Due to the numerous hardworking volunteers we were able to achieve this in about 4 hours. That's a lot of bricks in not very much time! All that remains to complete this part of the project is to cut numerous half bricks and then go back and adhere the edge bricks to the concrete. We hope to complete that on Monday night so the landscapers will have free reign on the front yard on Tuesday.

Inside, the stair railing continues to go up. Lots of cleaning and arranging happened inside THGB also. Because of this the house is now closed to visitors and will only be open to those who are working inside the house. It will be open again on Saturday to walk through during the dedication.

Until Saturday we'll be working at the house every evening starting at 6 pm. Tuesday we are planning to have a big push to finish up many of the last minute details and we will be working most all day. Please come help that day or any evening if you have the opportunity.

Great progress on Saturday, more planned for today

Saturday was a very productive day at The House God Built. We had a great turn-out of volunteers who came willing help out in any way they could. Thank you! Outside the landscaping is coming along great - the backyard is now approaching it's final form with the soil graded and plants planted while the front yard was also graded and planting there also has started. Inside THGB, the fireplace was rocked and looks fantastic! We also have all plumbing completed, all electrical completed, and all doors and door hardware installed. Walls were touched up with paint and the upstairs and parts of the downstairs were cleaned. Decorating will probably begin soon in those rooms.

Today our primary focus will be on laying bricks on the driveway and sidewalks. Our plan is to secure the perimeter bricks to the underlying concrete and then lay in the remaining bricks. We need your help with this! This is obviously a labor intensive process but one that could go much more quickly with lots of help. If you have time to help please come over to The House God Built to volunteer anytime after 1 pm. We will work until dark if necessary.

Last weekend of work at The House God Built -UPDATED

This is the last weekend to work at The House God Built. If you have time please come out to help. We need experienced painters to help with some final paint touch-ups and carpenters to help with the stair railings and complete the porch. We also would like to rock the fireplace this weekend so if you are experienced with this task we could use your help. Very soon we'll begin laying bricks on the driveway and sidewalk so we could definitely use help when that time comes. Weather permitting we will lay brick on the sidewalk and driveway on Sunday starting at 1 pm. We need lots of help for this! No experience required. Come out to help if you can.

Thursday update and weekend plans

Thursday the last four interior doors were delivered and installed. We also continued painting by working on doors, trim, and touching up walls and ceilings. Work also continued on the stair railings Thursday.

There will be an afternoon and an evening work session on Friday. The afternoon session will begin around noon while the evening session starts at 6 pm. We also will have our last weekend sessions on Saturday from 8-12 and 1-9 and Sunday from 1-9. Our plans inside The House God Built are to finish installing and painting the remaining trim, finish painting doors, finish touching up paint inside, and finish the fireplace. We also plan to finish the plumbing trim out on Saturday. Outside we will begin laying the bricks on the driveway possibly as early as Saturday. Please check the blog for updates as the weekend proceeds.

Wednesday progress and Thursday plans

Wednesday saw many things crossed off the to do list at The House God Built. Outside the remainder of the concrete was poured for the driveway and sidewalks. Inside we started assembling the stair railings, finished painting most of the interior doors, touched up trim, put a first coat of paint on the inside of the exterior doors, and sealed the grout in the upstairs bathroom.

Our plans to lay brick on the driveway tonight have been postponed. We will continue to finish up tasks inside THGB to be able to turn rooms over to the decorating team as soon as possible. Tonight we will continue with paint touch-ups and hopefully be able to install the last of the interior doors and trim. We also will continue with the stair railing installation. If you are able to help please come on over. We'll start working at about 6 pm.

Tuesday update and plans for the week

As was mentioned in yesterday's posts much of the concrete was poured at The House God Built on Tuesday. Plans are to pour the remainder of the driveway on Wednesday. We will continue working on the interior of the house each night this week and try to completely finish one or more rooms each night. If you have time to help we'll start at about 6 pm each evening.