Build Day

Let me start out by explaining a little bit about what this trip is all about: This route is dedicated to the memory of Chris Webber, an awesome guy who was one of the directors of bike and build. We stopped at his home in Andover, MA and met his family at a BBQ that they put on for us yesterday. It was great meeting them all and hearing about what a great guy Chris was. The family has been incredibly generous to our trip by providing us food and helping to drive us to their home.A guy named Tony from Merrimack Valley Habitat For Humanity also came to speak with us about how Habitat for Humanity is run and some history about the site we were going to work at.

Today we worked with Habitat for Humanity in Lawrence, MA. We worked on three different houses because we are such a big group. I mainly worked on this two family home with a handicapped residence on the bottom floor and a regular home on the top floor. After moving very heavy sheets of wood up the stairs for support, I mainly helped put in scaffolding. The scaffolding was put in against the house and secured via bolts and nails (much different from the scaffolding I was used to). I also worked on the roof of the house. The two floors had been constructed but the beams for the roof had to be put in so I moved more heavy wood (this time in the form of planks) and climbed up on top of the house to place the beams in the right place.

Everyone took lots and lots of pictures that are posted here!