Most of the focus recently has been on the Net Zero Energy House, but a few things have been accomplished on Gwendolen’s house. The porch is nearing completion, the drive way has been framed and poured, and the interior painting is nearing completion. The driveway was framed by a group from Binkley Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, NC. They have been coming down for many summers to build with us for a week.  They played an instrumental role in finishing the interior painting, framing the driveway, and they also put up a lot of siding on the Net Zero house.

Members of the Binkley Baptist Church group work on framing the driveway.

Members of the Notre Dame Alumni along with employees from e group joined us to pour the driveway. The driveway is huge! Gwendolen’s sons can’t wait to turn it into a basketball court.

Throughout our workdays, you can look up to see our favorite neighbor, Sabrina, pulling her dog, Princess, in the cart behind her bike.  Princess just sits it the cart smiling. It’s great!

The house is getting closer and closer! Gwendolen and her boys are starting to get excited!

As the finish work continues, more and more minor changes can be seen throughout the house.  

Recently we have put down luan board in preparation for vinyl flooring. Baseboards have been put up and most have been caulked. The cabinets were assembled and hung. This time they were shipped to us as pieces and had to be put together. It costs less to buy them this way, but the jury is still out on whether it is worth it.

Regulars worked on putting down hardy backer in preparation for the installation of tile in both bathrooms and the laundry room. Rosey put his skills to work and began laying tile. So far, the master bathroom has been completed and it looks awesome. This time Rosey angled the tiles and it looks fancy!

Last Saturday at the Apostle’s Build, we changed the color of the exterior of the house. The homeowner decided that she hated the school bus yellow that it was originally chosen. Luckily she decided before a second coat of yellow was applied, so it was an easy change.  We had a great turnout for Apostle’s Build. St. Andrews, SeaCoast, and Sunrise Presbyterian were a few of the churches represented. It was a fun and productive day.

Now that the painting is getting closer to being finished, the porch crew has begun more work on the porch. They started installing the floor boards and soon the railings will be up.

This house is going to be finished before we know it!

John vacuums in preparation for the luan.

The luan is in

Angela and Diane cut hardy backer

Mike worked with Rosey on installing the tile floor in the Master bedroom

Fancy!

Baseboard is in

Richard works on hanging cabinets

A new color!