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The primary work on these two days consisted of working on the exterior of the house - installing siding, the trim around the siding, and caulking around the siding and trim. Other work included sheetrocking storage rooms, removing chunks of concrete and rock from the yard, and leveling out, as best we could, the front yard. There is still a lot of work that needs to be done. If you are interested in volunteering there are spots available - new build dates are being assigned, additional workers are needed on some days, and volunteers sometimes need to cancel.

We had mentioned in a previous article that the Habitat homes are not provided free of charge to individuals; instead, the recipients have a mortgage with Habitat-SCC and pay property taxes that are escrowed by Habitat-SCC. In 2016, the Habitat homeowner families collectively paid $96,376.34 in Collin County property taxes. 

On these build days we continued working on the outside of the house, finishing the window trim, starting on the siding, installing the soffits and caulking the exterior. We also worked in at cleaning up the yard and filling in the trenches that had been dug for the water and sewer lines. The plumbing, electric and HVAC contractors had also been hard at work between the two build days.

Since the last build day, the roof was put on and a lot of the plumbing was put in. We spent the 14th putting up bulkheads and on the 21st we started installing soffits, window trim, and the permanent supports for the front porches.