April 17th

Since we were late in kicking off the new house, we decided to have back to back volunteer days in April.
Another great showing from Northrop volunteers helped us put together another successful day.
Work continued removing old concrete from the back yard and leveling it out with extra dirt from the basement. There was still a good deal of old contrete to haul to the dumpster. Also, contractors poured the basement floor and put in the fountation wall in the back of the house where there previously was nothing, so we had to clean out the the house as the contractors left lots of rubble in the basement.



Once the basement was cleaned out, we started framing the basement walls.



We put together a very efficient assembly line and even before lunch we were putting in the 1st floor beams.

After lunch we continued working in the back yard and with framing the basement and putting in beams. By the end of the day we had made some great progress. We were able to finish up most of the first floor, build the opening for the first flood-basement stairs, and get the back yard completely cleaned out and ready for contractors to pour a small patio.

The weather was terrific and everyone had a fun time. Great job everyone on a very successful day!