Habitat crews and volunteers are working hard to get two new homes under roof before the snow begins flying in Grand County. The process has gone faster than normal thanks to pre-assembled wall panels from WeBuild, and the dedication of construction overseer George Davis of Maple Street Builders. These are the fourth and fifth homes to have risen on the adjacent Hot Sulphur Springs build site since 2017. We’re not just building houses, we’re building a neighborhood!
After a productive summer finishing House #14 in Hot Sulphur Springs, our dedicated volunteers recently began work on the storage shed for House #15 right next door. We hope to get it under roof and dried in before the snow gets too deep.
We are beginning the process of finding our next potential Habitat for Humanity of Grand County Homeowner in Hot Sulphur Springs!!
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Our intrepid volunteers have been putting the finishing touches on House #14, hoping to finish work on it by mid-June. The laminate floors and indoor trim are done, the shed is painted, and the IKEA kitchen is taking shape. We’ll be doing some basic landscaping soon, so if that’s your thing, we’d love to have your help! Just contact Construction Manager Steve Morrison at stephenrmorrison@comcast.net for our weekly work schedule.
Photo by Nicole Nuermberger (foreground)
March went out like a lion on a snow-blown Friday, March 31, but a hardy few — and relatively new — volunteers still showed up to help paint interior doors and trim boards as we prepare to install flooring, windowsills, and kitchen cabinets. Thanks to future homeowner Lacey Lund for the group snapshot of Nicole, Doug, Karen and Dani.
Final interior paint day for House #14 was another raucous affair, but the edging is now crisp, the coverage is total, and the house looks sharp. Thanks to our veteran volunteers as well as the generous newcomers who turned out in force to git ‘er done during the last two weeks. Next up: Floor and interior trim painting and installation, followed by assembly of the IKEA kitchen — a gorgeous gift-in-kind through Habitat International.
Subzero temperatures and deep snow did not slow progress on House #14 in Hot Sulphur Springs. With lumber generously donated by Colorado Timber Resources in Parshall, our team was able to build storage sheds for House #13 and House #14 through December and January, and install insulation in House #14 to prep for drywalling. (That’s prospective House #14 homeowner Lacey Lund on the shed roof and in the foreground of the interior photo.) The crew hopes to break ground on House #15 in the coming weeks.
The Roofing Company of Granby arrived this week to install the roof on House #14, and just in time! The installation happened just a day before a big snowfall. We’re grateful for their generosity and willingness to partner with Habitat to seal in the house so our crew can work in warmth through the winter.
Colorado Timber Resources in Parshall has donated all of the lumber and other materials so Habitat for Humanity of Grand County can build storage sheds for our new homes in Hot Sulphur Springs. Thanks to co-owner Dave Fiala and his team for their generosity, and to the hardy volunteers who have turned out in the cold weather of recent weeks to begin building those sheds from scratch!
Thanks to large group of volunteers, we made terrific progress on House #14 during the weekend of Sept. 23 and 24. With many of the regular crew unavailable, volunteers Bryan McCay and Jon Letendre (in photo), along with prospective homeowner Lacey Lund and contractor George Davis from Maple Street Builders, spearheaded a busy weekend in which we finished the siding and timber work on the driveway, installed all of the windows, and prepped the roof for installation by the good folks at The Roofing Company. We hope to have the house dried in by the end of next weekend so the furnace can be installed. Then we’ll break ground on House #15 before the snow flies! If this momentum continues, we’re on track to nearly quadruple our normal capacity in 2022-2023.
