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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.