Work continued on the recycle house in the Douglas Community in east Plano. Gutters were installed will we were off. This weekend we put up light fixtures, changed out electrical outlets, continued the interior trim work, assembled the cabinets, set gate posts, and puttied the nail holes in the baseboards and door casings. HfH is shooting for a mid-to-late September dedication.
The work on the recycle house continued on Saturday, August 15. Prior to our workday, a new roof, hot water heater and 2 bathtubs and shower enclosures were installed. This workday we painted misc. items both inside and out, installed a few doors and doorframes, completed installing the floors, put up light fixtures, and installed a toilet (very important!), began putting in door trim and baseboards.
Saturday August 8th was another workday on the 2020 Habitat recycle house in the Douglass Community in east Plano. The house is really moving along and a lot was done on Saturday. This included: Painting the final coat on the front and side doors and the trim boards surrounding the windows, installing a few of the interior door frames and doors, installing the floors.
We were off last week (July 25th), but went back to work on August 1st on the 2020 Habitat recycle house in the Douglass Community in east Plano. Prior to our work day, a couple of important tasks were completed – new windows and air conditioning were installed. This allowed us to work in a couple of areas: • Floors – we started to lay down the floors in the bedrooms. By the end of the day, almost three bedroom floors were completed. • Exterior window trim – replacing the windows meant replacing the exterior trim boards around the windows. We also needed to replace the foam board insulation beneath the trim boards, as well as caulking around the trim boards once they were nailed in. Everything was completed except for one piece of trim board that needed to be purchased. There does appear to be some issues with our sign-up computer system, so please bear with us as we work through them. If you would like to help, be notified of our upcoming build schedule, or learn more about Seton’s Habitat activities, go to the Habitat for Humanity section of St. Elizabeth’s website (www.setonparish.org/habitat). You can also connect with Seton Flocknote. Just join the group “Habitat for Humanity – Seton” in the Pastoral Care/Outreach ministry section.
Work continued on the 2020 Habitat recycle house in the Douglass Community in east Plano on Saturday, July 18th. We had our largest group of volunteers and crew chiefs (11 in total) working on Saturday since Covid-19 protocols were put into effect. The protocols limit the numbers of individuals to eleven on site. This allowed us to get a numbers of tasks completed. This included: • Exterior painting – we completed applying the second coat of paint to the front of the house. The only exterior painting remaining is some touch up and the trim around the windows, once the new windows are installed. • Interior painting – all the interior doors were sanded and painted, and two of the three bedrooms were painted with the final color. • Yard work – fill dirt was spread around the house in the low spots. Also, there was general clean-up of material and overgrown shrubs in the back yard.
We were off last week (July 4th holiday), but went back to work on the 2020 Habitat recycle house in the Douglass Community in east Plano on Saturday, July 11th. We had a small but dedicated group of volunteers and crew chiefs working on a hot day and were able to get a lot done. We made sure that everyone took breaks and drank plenty of water.
We had a small but dedicated group of volunteers and crew chiefs working on a warm and partly cloudy day, which helped as we were doing exterior work. The work consisted of painting and replacing some siding. We were able to finish painting the first coat of the final color on the entire exterior of the house. We even had time to start painting the first coat on some of the exterior trim.
The Abed Family are from Kabul, Afghanistan. Abdullah's first job out of college was as a linguist/instructor for the with the U.S. Army. The family immigrated to the U.S. when the military pulled out of Afghanistan and and they felt they might be harmed by militants for his service as an interpreter. He currently works for Jack Henry & Associates as an Asset Protection Administrator while working on his Master's Degree in International Political Economics. His wife Sweeta is a stay-at-home mom for their two children, 3 year-old son Imran and 7 year-old daughter Zainab.
There were a number of tasks for the day, including removing the gutters and painting the trim boards for the interior of the house. We also applied primer paint to the fascia behind the gutters, the shed in the backyard, and the upper part of the front of the house that was not completed last week. Before we quit for the day, all the primer had been applied and we had time to apply the first of two coats of the final paint color to some parts of the exterior.
In mid-March, Habitat suspended all volunteer opportunities due to Covid-19. The re-start of the 2020 Habitat recycle house in the Douglass Community in east Plano officially began on Saturday June 6th. We are now under Construction Operations Protocols for Covid-19. This means wearing face coverings, keeping social distancing, and limiting the total number of personnel on the job site to 13. The primary task for the day was to apply primer paint to the exterior of the house.
Special Thanks to Jim Parente for his leadership these past 10 years and to Tracey Holley and Dennis DeMetsenaere who will be taking his place as Co-leads. Thanks too to Dynamic Systems for their generous in-kind donations of labor and heating, air conditioning, and plumbing materials for each of our four builds - and to their employee and Seton parishioner Joe Drobycki for coordinating it. Work continued on the recycle house with patching and painting walls and replacing doors and porch posts.
The three parishes (Seton, St. Mark and Prince of Peace) continued working on the recycle house on February 8th. The volunteers worked on a number of different jobs including: removing a bathtub enclosure, scraping off the glue from the previous flooring, prepping and priming walls and ceilings.
The three parishes (Seton, St. Mark and Prince of Peace) began working on the recycle house on February 1st. A recycle house is one that is bought back from the previous owner that needs extensive work. This first phase of work on a recycle house is the tear out. This includes removing all the appliances, cabinets, doors, door frames and trim, baseboards, lighting fixtures, and flooring. Note our upcoming events.
The Seton-Sponsored Habitat Build is entering its final stages. On Saturday September 19, volunteers spent the day beginning the landscaping process for the new home with sod laid around the outside of the house. In addition, painting on the porch and other areas helped put important touches on the house. Plus, the prep work for driveway concrete was completed and awaiting the concrete pour that will take place soon.