Saturday help

A group of men from a near by community spent a Saturday with us installing the exterior wall sheathing. He said this is the only shirt he owns, poor guy!

Setting the roof trusses

These trusses are 72 feet long plus the over hang on both ends makes the 75 feet long. Thank goodness they are 4 / 12 pitch, so they are only 13 feet high. If you just did the math and it didnt work out for you, well there is a 12 inch "energy heel" at each end, to allow for more insulation over the exterior walls.

Interior walls

The interior bearing walls are built and ready for the trusses. The rest of the interior walls will be set in place after the trusses are set.

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.