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House - Update Log
May 8, 2008
We are excited to begin the 2008 Thrivent Builds home. Comcast employees dug a trench and installed
the silt fence for Excavation is scheduled for May 15 with basement walls scheduled to be put in place
May 19. The underground plumbing will commence immediately and SKF employees are scheduled to build
the floor and put the deck on May 23. If the basement concrete floor has not been poured by the 23rd,
an opening will be left in the deck and finished the next week. The schedule is very tight to be sure.
Our first objective is to have the deck on and backfill done prior to the May 31 kick-off.
To register as a volunteer, go to http://h4h.volunteerhub.com
Lunches page looks great, wouldn't change a thing except please contact Lynne Punnett at... (see below 4 different places) if you want to provide lunch for a volunteer crew.
House Location is 360 Firwood
Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Let's get the families moved in by Christmas! Energetic volunteers still needed this week!
Cornerstone Update:
Thursday - Saturday Nov. 30 - Dec. 2nd Volunteers will be installing trim, cabinets and exterior steps in the Taylor home.
The Sartor home is almost complete and we are awaiting the final electrical inspection this week.
Last week all of the landscaping was planted around both homes - Thank You to Andy Lakatos & crew!
The Sartor punch list was whittled down as well.
REMINDER:
Cornerstone/Thrivent Builds Planning Meeting - Wednesday, Nov. 29th 7p.m. at the Habitat Office 170 Aprill Drive, Ann Arbor
Please join us for the discussion of Cornerstone 2007!
Thrivent Builds has awarded one home to Washtenaw County for 2007. So one more hard- working family will have a home to call their own!
Thursday - Saturday Nov. 16- Nov. 18th
Both Homes - trees & bushes were laid out
Sartor Home: all shoe molding was installed & the sidewalk forms were laid out
Taylor Home: Hard surface floors were laid out and most doors hung. Painting continues on the Taylor's trim
Need to burn off some of those Thanksgiving Calories????
We will be working Friday, Nov. 24th & Saturday, Nov. 25th Join Us!
Taylor Home Projects: Rest of the door to be hung, interior work continues and possible concrete pouring
Sartor Home Projects: Fine tuning will take place - the carpet is soon to be installed
Both Homes: Landscape planting will take place if the weather cooperates
Cornerstone/Thrivent Builds Planning Meeting - Wednesday, Nov. 29th 7p.m. at the Habitat Office 170 Aprill Drive, Ann Arbor
Please join us for the discussion of Cornerstone 2007!
This coming week: Nov. 16 - 18th
Skilled carpenters (and energetic volunteers willing to take direction) are needed
at the Taylor home. Cabinets installation, trim work and door "hanging" will be the primary tasks.
Landscaping may also take place if the weather cooperates.
Last Week almost 60% of the punch list for the Sartor home was completed. Many
thanks to the groups who assisted on Saturday. Paul said they were awesome!
Please join us!
Cornerstone/Thrivent Builds Update
The Sartor Dedication on Saturday, Nov. 4th was a wonderful event. Please take some time
to look at the pictures of the elated family and many, many volunteers who were there for the
celebration.
This week: Nov. 9 - 11th A small group from Toyota Motors will join us on Saturday
morning. Shoe molding needs to be completed on the Sartor home as well as the porch handrails.
Only a few tasks will be addressed on the Taylor home this week as we wait on some of the
skilled trades as they do their tasks.
Next Week: Nov. 16 - Nov. 18th
Taylor Home - painting and running trim, etc.
Friday 8-10 people are needed and Saturday 8-10 people are needed. Paul Hines will be
working with the volunteers. Please join us!
Last Week: Oct. 12 - Oct 14th Much was accomplished! On Friday a group from Ford
Motor Company joined a group from Holcim Inc. to work on the houses and on Saturday a large group
from Zion Lutheran Church, Ann Arbor were on hand. Many thanks to all who came out!
This Week: Oct. 19th - Oct. 21st We need skilled painters and skilled carpenters
to do finish trim and painting in the Sartor home. There are also a few tasks still to be completed
outside with the sheds. The Taylor home is awaiting inspection and then the insulation and
drywalling can begin. So large groups of volunteers will not be needed.
But there will be plenty to do the week of Oct. 26 -Oct. 28th. Hope you will be able to join us!
The date of the dedication (s) is still to be determined. As soon as it is set, we will let everyone know.
Other News! The Thrivent Build Mobile will be at Concordia University on Geddes on
Thursday, Nov.2 & Friday Nov. 3rd from 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. each day. There will be lots of
fun activities at this multi-media traveling exhibit about the Thrivent/Habitat for Humanity
projects accross the nation, admission is free! Please plan to drop by.
Calling All Lutheran Volunteers
We need volunteers for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays - please join us as we complete
the Taylor and Sartor Homes on Watling Street in Ypsilanti! We still need your help.
We want to meet the Thrivent Financial requirement that 50% of all volunteers be Lutheran
and, of those Lutheran volunteers, 25% should be Thrivent members!
Confirmed Volunteers: Sunday, October 8th a group from Univ. of Michigan Health Sciences are scheduled from noon - 6p.m.
There are still many open dates remaining.
This week - Thursday, Oct. 5 - Saturday Oct. 7th Volunteers will be working on the following:
Sartor Home
- Drywalling may be completed so the home will be ready for painting
Taylor Home
Front & Back wall siding to be completed
Porch Trim
Misc. punch list projects insided
Calling All Lutheran Volunteers
We need volunteers for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays - please join us as we
complete the Taylor and Sartor Homes on Watling Street in Ypsilanti! We still need your help.
We want to meet the Thrivent Financial requirement that 50% of all volunteers be Lutheran and,
of those Lutheran volunteers, 25% will be Thrivent members!
Confirmed Volunteers: Saturday 8/23, Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Wayne Co.; Saturday 8/30 , Zion Lutheran Church, Chelsea are scheduled but additional volunteers on those dates will still be needed. There are still many open dates remaining. There will be a planning committee meeting this Thursday, Sept. 21st at 7p.m. at the new Habitat location at 170 Aprill Drive in Ann Arbor. All are invited!
This week - Thursday, Sept. 21 - Saturday 23 Paul Hines will be working with volunteers to:
Sartor Home
- Prepare for framing inspection
- Finalize siding
- Clean up for installation of insulation
Taylor Home
- Finalize roofing
- Complete siding
- Misc. framing
Also we need silt fencing installed at the site
Last Week Sept. 14 - 16th:
- Roofing 80% completed for both homes
- Electrical completed in Sartor home
Week of Sept. 4th - 9th
Sartor Home Cornerstone X Plans:
- Get electrical inspection
- Final prep in basement for "rough inspection"
- Continue South & West porch rails
- "Wet" clean the floors in prep for insulation
- Continue roofing
- Determine elevation in prep for porch stairs & pad, sidewalk layout
Taylor Home Cornerstone XI Plans:
- Call in for heating mechanicals
- Carpentry check & wrap up floor by floor
- Roofing continued
- Start siding
We need volunteers for Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays throughout September.
Please join us to complete these homes!
Calling All Lutheran Volunteers
We need volunteers for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays - please join us
as we complete the Taylor and Sartor Homes on Watling Street in Ypsilanti!
We still need your help!
Confirmed Volunteers: Thursday, 8/31, UM Evans Scholars; Saturday 8/23,
Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Wayne Co.; Saturday 8/30 , Zion Lutheran Church,
Chelsea are scheduled. There are many open dates remaining.
August 29th - September 3rd - Paul Hines will be working with volunteers to:
Sartor Home
- Continue wiring & complete for inspection
- Prep last rails on egress walls to allow for final grading
- Complete south porch roof framing & tar papering
- Final "check through" in prep for "Roughing" inspection
Taylor Home
- Secure needed tarps to protect front of house
- Install basement partitions
- Layout & prep 2nd floor partitions for assembly
- Install Tyvec on upper deck walls
- Install 2nd floor windows
- Continue roof carpentry
- Start porch roof
August 22, 2006 - Calling All Lutheran Volunteers
We need volunteers for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays - please join us as
we complete the Taylor and Sartor Homes on Watling Street in Ypsilanti! We have
crews from Ford Motor Company, UM Evans Scholars and a half day group from
Concordia College scheduled, but we still need your help!
This week - August 24th - 26th - Paul Hines will be working with volunteers to:
- Frame partitions and put them in position in the Taylor home
- Doors & windows need to be installed - also at the Taylors'
- TYVEK will be put on the outer walls
- Shingling continues!
Hope to see you there! Call for more information or details.
Lonni Vitale
734-677-1558 ext. 205
July 24, 2006 - During the last week volunteers at the Sartor home
finished all the roofing, all wall bracing was removed and cleared. At the
Taylor home all the rafters were cut, the two big walls were framed and the
six knee walls were cut and our ready to go!. Many thanks to Paul Hines'
brother Dan who filled in for him while Paul was doing his boy scout duties.
Volunteers from General Motors Willow Run (unfortunately their group was
rained out early on Thursday), ABN Amro Mortgage, Chelsea Church of the
Nazarene (returning for a 2nd weekend), St. Matthews, Westland, Trinity
Presbyterian, Plymouth as well as many individual volunteers did a terrific
job!
This week, the plans are to do roof framing & sheathing at the Taylor home.
At the Sartor house we will complete the basement wall installation, build
staircases, complete porch construction and hopefully the heating and plumbing
professionals may be able to begin their work.
Groups from Peace Lutheran Church and Trinity Presbyterian of Plymouth are
scheduled for Saturday, but individual volunteers are needed and welcome on
Thursday, Friday and as well as on Saturday. Please come to the construction
site if you have 4+ hours to help us out. The houses are located at 986 & 978
Watling street in Ypsilanti - driving east on West Michigan Avenue, turn at the
light on First Avenue and follow it til it deadends at Watling. Both houses
will be on your left and the I 94 wall will be facing you. Please join us!
June 19, 2006 - This last week and weekend the basement walls were tarred,
the scaffolding was removed, decking for both homes was completed and the Taylor
family walls were erected (sorry we were unable to schedule an official wall
raising, but the work moved very quickly once the basements were poured.)
We are expecting the backfill inspection sometime today - Monday, June 19th.
Assuming that goes well, we will be continuing the construction on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of this week. Please encourage all of your Lutheran family
and friends to join us!
Last Saturday a group from St. Paul, Hamburg was on the site and additional
volunteers from St. Luke, Living Water, Visteon, and the Univ. of Michigan also
lent a hand. The group from St. Paul will also be working on Saturday, June 24nd,
but we can certainly use additional volunteers on the two houses.
May 18, 2006 - Paul Hines our construction manager reports that holes are dug for both homes.
Base is in and prepped for walls. All walls and partitions are completed for the
Sartor home and this weekend walls and partitions will be built for the Taylor home.
The groups may also be building the sheds for both families.
Habitat Huron Valley is currently pursuing the purchase of the lot next to the
Taylor home. Once the lot is purchased, we will be able to use that area for a
Cornerstone staging area. Many thanks to the large group of volunteers from Trinity
Evangelical who came out on a very cool and rainy Saturday, May 13th. This
weekend volunteers from Zion Lutheran Ann Arbor will be working on site both
Saturday and Sunday.
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