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!
Habitat volunteers in Grand County also find time to help needy homeowners with short-term repair projects. If you think you might qualify for that kind of help, please contact us to discuss the details.
Habitat for Humanity of Grand County board member Lisa Steen and past president Chuck Chladek recently helped a Granby homeowner repair the rotted and unsafe stairs from her deck. Need help with short-term projects such as this? Contact Executive Director Lisa Cooper at lcooper@habitatgrandcounty.org.
Despite the intensity of the mid-summer sun, Habitat for Humanity of Grand County’s fourteenth house is rising at 240 Nevada Street in Hot Sulphur Springs. It’s the first project in a busy summer for the affiliate, which also hopes to break ground on House #15 within the coming weeks. Prospective House #14 homeowner Lacey Lund has been a hard-working partner so far, and HFHGC supervising contractor George Davis of Maple Street Builders has worked through both knee replacement and eye surgery to meet the affiliate’s ambitious construction deadlines.
The foundation, footers, and crawl space are rising on a Hot Sulphur Springs lot adjacent to the two homes Habitat for Humanity of Grand County has completed since 2017. The small but energetic volunteer workforce hopes to break ground on yet another house along the same seven-lot stretch by mid-summer, aiming to complete both by spring 2023. To make that dream a reality, HFHGC needs more volunteers willing to pitch in. No experience necessary! Please contact Executive Director Lisa Cooper if you can help in any way. Let’s rise to Grand County’s urgent need and get hard-working families into these affordable homes ASAP.
With the snow mostly gone, workers have been excavating the lot for House #14 and preparing to start framing. Today was foundation-pouring day, even as work continues to finish up House #13 next door for Michael Bunker and his family.
Even as we finish up work on House #13 in Hot Sulphur Springs, the eager Habitat crew recently began clearing snow from the adjacent lot where House #14 will begin to rise in the coming months. Clearing the snow is the first step toward excavation of the lot, followed by construction of the foundation. We hope it will be the first of two homes we can complete in the coming year.
Clearing the winter’s heavy snowpack to start work on House #14!
Our volunteers recently installed the windowsills in House #13, and we’re betting this bathroom has as good a view as any Habitat house in the country. With the walls painted and the floors installed, can door trim and baseboards be far behind?
By early February 2022, Habitat volunteers and future homeowner Michael Bunker began work on the laminate floors and bathroom tile at House #13 in Hot Sulphur Springs. The doors have been ordered and the doorknobs have arrived. Interior trim work will continue until the home is complete, possibly within the coming weeks.
An intrepid crew of paint-flecked volunteers showed up on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, to finish work on the upstairs walls and ceilings at House #13. It was -23 degrees when they arrived at 9 a.m., but the house was toasty thanks to the new boiler and heated basement floor recently installed by Grand Lake Plumbing. By the time they were done at 2 p.m., all of the walls, ceilings, and closets were painted and looking sharp, proving once again that neither rain, nor sleet, nor brutal cold shall stay these mostly old and cranky heroes from their appointed rounds.
Now that the fine folks at Grand Lake Plumbing have installed the boiler, House #13 is toasty enough to do the interior priming and painting. Thanks to the dedicated crew (including past president and confident aerialist Chuck Chladek) who did the roller and brush work on Jan. 21 and 22. Next up: Doors and floors!
Past President Chuck Chladek
Martin J. Smith