Week 6
Week Six
Building for me will never be the same! What progress we have made out on the Christian Farm this week. Famous quote for the week....”You forget who you are dealing with!” Jason Bond of Jackson EMC….more on this in a bit.
We had a great week in our sixth week of construction as we called out the electricians for the pre-wire. John Hadden’s crew from All Bright Electric came out to head up our electrical. I really appreciate John stepping in as the head electrician. Jackson EMC also sent out a crew to help. I want to thank Tommy Minish, Jason Bond, Brian Smith, Ken Gordon, and Brad Moon for all of their help. We had 12 men drilling holes, pulling wire, and nailing on boxes all in one day. It was NUTS…but so much fun to watch. These skilled men had a mission and went to it! Lade-Danlar of Stone Mountain, Wayland Boozer, supplied our rough-in materials. Wayland, you have been with us from the beginning in April, and your support has been tremendous and means a lot to me personally. I thank you.
Tom Fletcher of Fletcher Roofing and his crew were our saving grace this week. Anytime that you can stop a house from leaking is a great day. Tom had signed on to do the metal roofing, but when we hit a little snag, stepped in to do the entire roof…shingles and metal. We appreciate him and his men getting the shingles on and look forward to seeing the metal completed next week. ABC Supply, Fred and Lori Ellis and Joe Couch, we thank you for the beautiful architectural shingles and supplies to do this. Your continued support to the Association is priceless.
As I have continue to say, we have had wonderful support throughout this build with people stepping up with their gifts. Trowell Jernigan of Fells Fargo and his cute little family delivered pizzas, drinks and snacks on Thursday for the entire house full of men. I am sorry that I missed the photo opportunity on this one to share with all of you, but really want to thank this family for visiting with us and supplying lunch for the crews and me! We already have the next couple of weeks taken care of, but if you would like to help with the “feeding of the troops” call Lisa at the Home Office – 706 543-5760.
Kevin Rowe and Wayne and Deanna Moon of Rowe Insulating continue to give up their afternoons and Saturdays to be sure that every plate line is caulked and all the baffles are up and waiting on the insulation. We thank them and their suppliers for this personal commitment. I want to thank Arlene Scarbrough of S. F. Products, Adam Payton and Barbara Hillard of Roofing and Insulation Supply and Shaneaka Harvey of Airgas Safety for the insulation rough-in materials. Nothing is being overlooked with these skillful eyes as we proceed to the status of a Right Choice Home!
Seavy O’Neal of Building Wrights and Renovators came back out to help set another door and do a little punch out for us. The Halloran Masonry Team continue going up the walls with the beautiful brick supplied by Boral Brick. Steve West visited with us to see if we were doing his brick justice this week! I am proud to say that we passed with flying colors! Mark Haney of VNS Corp. also stopped by to check on his windows and was blown away with what he saw. There will be more on Mark and his other contributions later. We humbly thank both of you for everything that you are doing for us. These are “big ticket” items that were a huge asset in the building of this home.
Several of the Jackson EMC guys – Jason Bond, Tommy Minish and Randall Echols came back to run the cable and phone wire for us. They knew we were lacking this and stepped in and just did it! What a blessing. This is where my story comes in….I had asked Eddie Luther of L & L Construction to come back out and help me punch out a few things to get ready for sheetrock. I had told him “You do not need any help…it will just take a couple of hours”…does this sound familiar to anyone? I had forgotten that our super triangle windows from Magbee Contractor Supply, Brannon McFarland, had been delivered for the playroom and needed to be installed! (Thank you Brannon for once again stepping in to help!) I went up to Jason and asked if they had another ladder that we could borrow and could they help in getting the windows up to Eddie? Jason looked at me and said “You forget who you are dealing with!” I just looked at him questioning, and he whips out his phone and said “I am out at the Buddy Christian Home, and we need a bucket truck!” In less than an hour we were installing windows in the bucket truck! You are right Jason, sometimes I do forget who I am working with! I just have to chuckle when He reminds me!
As I said earlier, building will never be the same for me. When you have 12 men pulling wire for electrical, bucket trucks setting windows, foremen laying brick, heads of companies foaming windows and doors on Saturdays, sweeping floors with my 84 year old Dad, 6 plumbing companies under a house running pipe, and the list goes on and on for this home….I will be “Forever Ruined for the Ordinary”. I know that you can each see this. What a special project to be a part of. It is humbling to watch, and I thank each and every one of you.
Blessings to you all,
Karen
P.S….No baby yet!
Fletcher Roofing Crew