This Saturday Andrea finished caulking the seams in the four vertical 
corners of the house and the at the top sill plate.

Amos and I were able to get some other sections of sheet rock hung.

On Wednesday the crew will continue to hang sheet rock in the closets 
and in some of the ceiling areas.

I was able to talk to the electrician that will be helping us and he 
will be meeting me at the home site some time this week to go over the 
steps we'll need to take to get the electrical work completed. I also 
left a message with Rich Soule to do the preliminary electrical 
inspection at the house.

On Wednesday we enlisted a new volunteer for the crew. Heather Boulerice 
started helping on with the sheet rocking.
Also, our regular crew members Tim, Kevin, Tay and Bill worked to receive 
more sheet rock and the sheet rock lift. 
They started installing the ceiling sheet rock with the guys cutting the 
sheet rock if needed or putting the hole sheet on
the lift, raising it into position on the ceiling and then they started 
screwing in the panels together. 
Then Tay and Heather continued to screw in the sheet rock as the guys
moved into getting the next panel ready to go up.
Early in the morning the also put the starter strips around the house 
for the siding.
I helped them a while after getting to the site until they had to leave. 
Then Heather helped me to verify the measurements in the kitchen for 
the window placement from the cabinet plan that Maryanne designed at 
the Cabinet Gallery.
Later I ran an electrical wire from the panel box to the back exterior 
GFCI receptacle that wasn't wired.

On Saturday we'll continue installing the sheet rock if anyone is 
available to help us out, please come to the site about 8:30
to get started with the job.
We'll also have to run two more wires from the panel box to the 
location in the bathroom ceiling for the ceiling light/fan/heater unit.

On Saturday the water Pex lines were connected to the manifolds
and most of the window rough openings were marked to cut out.
Furring strips were screwed into the OSB as a guide for the 
circular saw to make the cuts.

A couple of saw horses and OSB sheets were moved into the bathroom
area and the tools/supplies we need now were moved into that area.
Other tools, wires, coax, phone lines and other items not needed 
for the next steps were taken into the storage trailers.

On Monday at 2:30 is the presentation by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals 
for the land and materials for a Habitat home in the Rouses Point area. 
If you like to stop by for the presentation and media event please 
come by a little earlier, at least by 2:15.

Once that is completed we will start cutting out the openings for the windows.

On Wednesday, the sheet rock for the ceilings will be put up and the 
upper walls of the interior walls can also be started. 

If the sheet rock for the side walls and the sheet rock lift isn't 
delivered at 8:30, then the starter strips for the siding can be 
put on and the molding boxes for the side light and double receptacles too.

The Wednesday crew is back together! Bill Hohn returned from his home on 
Long Island and started work today.

Tim, Tay, KK, Bill S, Bill H and Amos got the insulation on the gable 
ends finished up. Installed most of the molding boxes around the 
exterior light area, faucets and receptacle.
Then they got the steel 2" mast pipe hole drilled and through the roof.

I'll call Rich Soule from Commonwealth to see if he can do our first 
electrical inspection. Then we can get ready to install the switches, 
receptacles, etc in the boxes that have been mounted and electrical wire 
run to them.

On Saturday we'll install the rest of the molding boxes and attach the 
siding starter strips at the base of the rim boards.
The Pex can be attached to the manifolds and the 3/4" Pex run from where 
the meter will be to the area where the manifolds and 
hot-water-on-demand system is located.

On Wednesday the sheet rock for the top half of the walls and a sheet 
rock lift will be delivered. Then the ceiling sheet rock and upper walls 
can be put up.

Come out on Saturday or Wednesday if you can help us.

This update covers both Wednesday and Saturday this week.

We have our Wednesday crew back! Very shortly Bill Hohn will be back 
for the summer from his Long Island home to help on the Wednesday team. 
We do need volunteers to come out on Saturdays to help. 

Tim, Kevin and Tay worked on getting the ceiling fan/light boxes 
up and covered the rest of the ceiling with plastic sheeting. 
Also worked some on getting the main electrical wire into the house. 
When I got to the site, we needed another wire for the main meter to 
the service panel so went back to Champlain Valley Electric. While 
there I found out the original worker missed several needed items - 
a main cut-off box and a four strand wire to the service panel.
When I got back it was time for the crew to leave and we'd have 
the items for the next work day.

On Saturday we welcomed back Bill Smith from his Carolinas vacation. 
He and Andrea caulked the sill plates in the crawl space and then 
swept out the crawl space area. Kevin and I got the main wire to 
the service panel through the conduit and then worked on getting 
the water Pex lines bracketed into place. 

The next work day is on Wednesday from 8:30 to about 2:30. The work
will continue with getting the hole cut through the roof for the 
steel mast for the power to the house and getting the mast in place 
and secured, running the wire through the conduit and getting it 
ready for the meter box and meter that NYSEG is providing.

On Saturday the work will be to connect the Pex lines to the manifolds 
and putting the hot water-on-demand system in place.

This week on Friday I received a message that Valspar can donate 
the primer, but not the paint for the house. The paint would cost 
about $600 that we do not have planned in the budget. Kemper Cabinets 
told Gary Bertrand at Lee Appliance that they've already given many 
kitchens to HFH in NYC and can't help us out. Maryanne at The Cabinet 
Gallery is checking with Kraft Made to see if they can donate the 
kitchen cabinets.
I am working with Murphy's Cell Tech about a price for installation
service of the insulation - this is a big amount for us, around 
$1,500 (he wasn't sure). They have also donated their allocation 
for services to Habitat in Vermont.

The good news is that we have been approved for a lumber grant, 
unfortunately it comes after the house is completed and we get 
the invoices and Certificate of Occupancy to HFHI. That will be 
around $7,800 so far.