Today was our second build and we worked with Habitat in Chambersburg, PA. The house we were working on was another rehab project that was funded by federal grant money. The house was an old log cabin that predated the civil war and the woman that donated the house and land left the property to Habitat under the condition that the original structure of the house remained intact. While in theory this is pretty cool because of the age and history of the house, it seemingly led to more headaches than usual.
Essentially what they were doing with the house is gutting the interior down to the basic structure (logs) and reframing around it for added support. While the logs were in fact still there, the house will certainly look very different and a bit updated. We were on the site for a full day and it was scorching hot. We did everything from framing walls, to landscaping, to roofing. It was a bit chaotic throughout the day, but we got A LOT done. Props to the roofing crew, they were up there for almost 8 hours just frying and tearing the roof apart. It was super high - I wanted nothing to do with it!
The local news station was there and the paper in Chambersburg did a little story on us...check it out:
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/localnews/ci_15373083
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