No Not That Way, That Way, Oh Wait...

Today was do-over day... and then do it again... and then...

We got cracking on the deck today we would get it done, but hit a few snags. It is hard doing construction when the project isn't yours, because you aren't always sure how you "should" be doing it. Then you run into changes in supplies, or you forgot the washers... again... oops. We put railings on, thought we did them wrong, took them off, mounted them a new way... to realize we had it right the first time and put them on again... so it was a frustrating morning... but the work day ended with this site...

Its Alive! 

Everything but the handrails for the steps on the deck are done... Yeah! Tomorrow we "should" be able to button it up quick and take a group picture on it!

However the bad news is on the inside of the house. We aren't making a lot of progress because the damage was a lot worse than originally thought. Some of the floor joist were pretty much completely eaten away by the termites. So we spent more time removing flooring than planned and preparing to jack up the house.

That used to be a floor joist...

Finally close to the end of today we got to start jacking up the house... Hopefully by the end of Friday we can get the house leveled and start to put floors back into place. However that is a small chance and it looks like we will just get some temp floors in until the next crew comes to finish it.

Getting ready to jack the house

We did end the day on a great positive. Our church site hosted a BBQ and we invited our family, and they came. They brought their two kids that just been a joy at the site, and they were even more fun to interact with outside of the home. Part of our group took them to a near by cave to go "caving" and they loved that adventure. The rest of us stayed and just talked to the parents and learned more about their lives.

Our Trusty ASP Van "Molly" 

Tomorrow we will try to get as much done as possible, and then we will sprint on out of town...