Yesterday was the Habitat for Humanity build I volunteered for. The house was being built for a couple and their four children who are currently living in a small two bedroom apartment. The day started off bright and early at 8am and I was surprised to see so many people just show up on the site. I think maybe the free disney tickets for the give a day, get a day program may have contributed to the turn out. The site manager had to turn away all the people that showed up un-registered. Too many individuals on a job site can be dangerous and there is a process and waivers that need to be signed prior to volunteering. Overall I would have to say it was a great experience that will help a family out and I would gladly do it again in the future.
This is the front of the house. That morning there were a couple people that went on the roof to finish putting up a couple remaining shingles. While we were there some “professionals” were inside hanging the drywall.
Our group spent the entire time setting up the frame work for the driveway and sidewalk so the concrete could be poured. There was a lot of wood and stakes that needed to be pounded into the ground. Lots of measuring, leveling, taking apart and redoing went on that day.
One of my main jobs was to dig out the round thing the level is resting on which went down about 2 1/2 feet and raise it about 6 inches, the same with the larger rectangle box you see in the photo above (after the task was complete). The round thing was the main water line for the entire neighborhood. One wrong smack with the shovel and there could have been a lot of angry people.
