We went to a different house today. It was an elderly lady’s house that was already built, but we were there to do what Habitat for Humanity calls “critical repair”. When we got there, Chris, our site director, showed us the house. From the front, you could tell it was an older house, but besides the cracked driveway and untrimmed greenery, it seemed sustainable. Then, we walked to the east side of the house. On the lower half of the house, it was all brick like most of the houses in Oklahoma. On the upper half, it was blue painted wood. The wooden panels and the trim had been worn down greatly. Most of the bottoms of the panels were either off the house or starting to curve off. Next, Chris took us to the back of the house, where most of the trim and chimney wood were in the same condition as the sides of the house. While some of my group members were hesitant about using crowbars for the first time, others were eager to climb up on the ladders and to start prying old siding off the house. Because of my back pain and fear of falling off a high ladder, I could not do much. Still, I was to hammer down some nails to avoid people getting poked by them and occasionally pick up a few pieces off the ground. After lunch, Eric, our other site director, took Nicole and me inside to repair the bathroom. Once we cleared out the old vanity, mirror, and shower doors, Eric showed me how to use my new favorite tool, the Dremmel. Using it, I carved out the grout that held the tiles together and cut new drywall to be even with the old drywall. I spent the rest of the afternoon working on this project in the bathroom, and, despite my small amount of back pain, I was excited to continue it tomorrow.
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