Tiny Shed

Today was our third build day of the trip. We worked with Habitat for Humanity in Ashtabula, OH. The project was on an older house that had been donated to the local affiliate. It was structurally sound, but needed a lot of work both in the interior and the exterior. We split into several teams to complete projects all over the house.

One team worked to rip up old, rotting flooring in several rooms on the first floor. Another worked on sanding the floors on the second level because they were in good enough condition to be restored. Outside, a team worked to remove peeling paint and rot from the siding and put primer on it so it could be repainted.

Jake, Alyssa, and I were nominated to put together a shed that was donated by Home Depot. We were told that it should be fairly easy to snap it together and get it up, but it was much more of a process than we were led to believe. We also had to pause part way through to get some more screws and nuts because they were not all included in the materials we were given.

This was also a very exciting build because we got to meet the homeowners and their children. They also brought 6 kids with them ranging, from an infant to an 8 year old, only three of which were their kids. The kids were a lot of fun and having a bunch of new people to play with, and sometimes work with. They were also very excited about the shed and the fact that we had built it all that day. They were especially excited when we put the doors on and they could open and close them and find out how dark it was inside with the doors closed.

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