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Saturday February 24 shows a house nearly ready to close in. The roof plywood is on and only 10 sheets of OSB need to be applied along with the porch that Paul Brandt is analyzing in the next picture. |
| Paul Brand analyzes and fits the front hip roof trusses together; a much easier task 'on the ground' instead of 'in the air'. Mike Crockett is nailing in the last of the second course of sheathing. |
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Saturday January 13 ended with a forest of studs, jacks, headers, Ts and plates completing the 2nd floor structure. |
| Its not often that you can get a bank president, in this case Charlie Henderson, market president, to pose behind bars. Charlie is an integral part of the core framing team. |
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Volunteers from Bank of America 'stand up' the 2nd floor front wall. By the end of the day all 2nd floor walls are standing. |
| The house is square, braced and the exterior walls are straight. The volunteers are readying the first of the interior walls for 'standing up'. |
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Volunteer (and Market President) Charlie Henderson helps raise a second floor truss into position. The home uses new technology trusses, stronger and lighter than dimensioned lumber. |
| Karl Bogott and Denis Confer, with help from unseen friends, conquer the pile of studs to produce headers, corners, Ts and Jacks; all parts needed for the walls. |
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Scott Wolfe, Rich Boylan and another volunteer apply the first course of sheathing to form the exterior walls of Wanda's new home. |
| Owner Wanda Deering, aided by a BofA volunteer, stuffs framing voids with insulation in advance of sheathing. This process prevents 'cold spots' in the walls. |
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LaVeryl Brown, Project Leader for Bank of America, leads the Kickoff Ceremonies on December 2. Present were the owner, Wanda Deering and her extended family, Charlie Henderson, market present for the bank and a cast of about 15 volunteers who constructed two walls and stood one up ceremonially. |
| Volunteers raise the first wall on the Deering home. |
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Homeowner Wanda Deering earns 'Sweat Equity' at her home while following tradition and striking the first nail in each portion of her home. She drives the first nail into the bottom plate of an internal wall. |
| It was a cold Saturday, December 9, but it didn't chill the desire of volunteers to make good progress. All four exterior walls are up and 'squared up'. |
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Tony and Rich set the outside truss above the laundry room and half bath. |
| Volunteers lunch on Pollard's chicken provided by Team Bank of America during a break on December 16 |
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Like a forest of straight sticks, the interior framing stands complete. Seven volunteers completed the framing on Wednesday, 12/13, on a beautiful winter day. |
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