Construction Begins
Construction Begins
Categories: Rutledge Builders: Extreme Makeover Home Edition, 518 words5 feedbacks • PermalinkAnother cool, but wonderful day here in the Big Easy! (OK, nothing about this project is easy, but it is Big!)
Overnight, the pilings were finished and the concrete was poured. By this afternoon, the subfloors were in place and they were placing walls and stocking the roof trusses. I can't wait to see how far they are by tomorrow.
John was able to catch some sleep this morning at our wonderful room at the Intecontinental New Orleans. We owe them a BIG thank you for the donation of a room for the duration of the project. Now John has access to a comfortable bed and a hot shower if he can get away long enough. If not, he does have a trailer on site. (Thanks, Bryan and Paige!)
The kids and I visited the Aquarium today while John rested. Then we caught up with Uncle Bryan, Aunt Paige, and the Stewart girls and visited the site this evening to check on the progress. The kids enjoyed donning the famous blue EMHE t-shirts. I was even able to put on a hard hat and get onto the site for some close up pictures - but not too close. John took a few minutes and came down to say hi to all of us.
We saw signs of the arrival of our great volunteers from Shreveport/Bossier. We noticed the West Contractors trailer, the brand new Port City pump truck, the Air Systems van and a Shreveport Fire Department t-shirt or two. I also talked to Willie from Bill's Air and hopefully gave him good directions to the site to drop off the HVAC duct work. Although I didn't see them, I think Philip and Brandon from Garison Electric were here today too. What great support we got from our friends when we put out the call for volunteers!!
This has truly been an awesome experience so far. It has been amazing watching this all come together. Everyone involved in the project has been so kind and supportive and thankful. This is an experience I know we will never forget. We've made so many friends from across the country.
Thank you to Deltec Homes for giving us the opportunity to participate in this project.
One last note - Many of you know that John's uncle, Jack Bond, passed away last Sunday. John was already here in New Orleans and was not able to come back for the service. Jack helped us get on our feet when we moved to Shreveport five years ago, and we are very thankful to him for that. We will miss Uncle Jack dearly. But, we know we have a guardian angel up there watching over us and this project. As John's niece, Ashlynn, said, Uncle Jack is up in heaven making sure that those boards don't fall on anyone's head since they will be working fast. We just wanted to say thank you to one very special volunteer.
More tomorrow!
Putting in the sub-floor
John in the yellow shirt and the LSU hard hat
Getting the walls in place
Stocking roof trusses
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