Wall Raising

Say a prayer and raise the walls. About 40 members came and in an hour they raised all the exterior walls about 250 feet of 2 x 6 framed walls, and of course ice cream afterwards!

Local TV News

Here is the link to the local news station. You will get to met Clarence our manager. Terry in the green hat is a member at Peace and is also the construction co-ordinater at Hope Village in Minot for Lutheran Disaster Response. Not sure how long the link will stay up.


http://www.kxnet.com/story/19005710/peace-lutheran-rebuilds

Decked

The floor has been decked and we started building walls. The HVAC contractor installed all the under floor supply air ducts just ahead of us as we managed to complete the 5000 plus square foot floor in 3 days, totally glued and screwed, and still had time to build a few walls.

The Crew

Well here we are on a Sunday morning after church before we head to town for brunch.
From left to right as couples, Rich and Lindsey (full timers) from South Dakota, Clarence and Marlene (manager) from Pennsylvania, Bob and Fern (full timers) from Texas, Jim and Chris from Texas, Roy and Elaine from Texas, and Steve and Carole from Missouri.

Mike

This is Mike. He is a member of the church and he is as faithful as they come. He has been here everyday since we started back in May. Here he is helping to anchor the floor trusses to the crawl space walls.

Installing floor trusses

The day we placed all the trusses, we had some help from the air base. One of the members of Peace is stationed there and they have a volunteer program were they come into the community and volunteer for a worthwhile cause, and this was. Four of them were here for about 5 and carried in ALL of the trusses and held them in place while we anchored them.

Floor Trusses

A whole semi load of floor trusses arrived in the afternoon from a local supplier in Minot. They were unloaded by a church member, Rocky, with his skid loader.

Short walls

These walls were built and bolted to the footings. They will support the floor trusses. All were construted out off 2 x 8 treated lumber and are 24 inches tall.

Time off

Had to go fishing on a day off and came home with enough to share wth the camp. The other 3 were just a tad smaller and waiting in the cooler. Northern on the left and walleye on the right. Caught them in Lake Darling about 15 miles north of Burlington which is a dam on the Mouse River. Tasty!!!!

Concrete foundation

That pumper truck really makes life easier! Again the Mission Builders placed all the anchor bolts in the top of the foundation wall that will hold the building in place.

Foundation wall

The foundation wall will be concrete and the foam blocks are used as forms for the concrete. The red spacers hold the sides of the foam together and it is also used to hold the rebar in place. These foam blocks are 12 inches high and 48 inches long and will hold 8 inches of concrete. They "snap" together like legos and are quite rigid when complete and ready for concrete. The long wall on the left side of the picture actually has a brick ledge formed in the foam that will hold concete to form the ledge.

Footings

The contractor placed the concrete for the footings with a pump truck. Always fun to watch. Mission Builders placed all the anchor bolts for the interior support walls