SkyBlue's Blog – January 2009 Archive (3)

Today, I helped work on a house that was almost ready for floor covering, so this was good.. seeing a house that is almost ready for finishing.. Started at 8:45 a.m. after the Habitat Safety meeting with the Construction Manager where we reviewed the safety risk assessment and were told the jobs that needed to be done that day.. Two guys arrived late to the Safety meeting, but got us all humoured up as they were wearing painter pants and white t-shirts. They had never painted before, but they… Continue

Okay, so I didn’t pound any nails today either… After the Safety meeting with the construction manager who also gave us the jobs for the day, we were split into three teams… I was in the only painting crew and painted with a roller brush using an extender pole to get at the lofty walls up the stairs into the living room area.. started painting at 9:00 am and finished at 3:30 p.m. .. painted the den, bathroom, main hallway into the entrance of the house (duplex) and the stairwells… painted the… Continue

The Habitat for Humanity site overlooks the deerfoot off 16th Avenue NE.. there is a row of 4 duplex houses (8 houses in all), each painted differently on the outside. Each of the houses have been funded for materials by different businesses..



So.... I didn’t pound nails today.. I painted with a roller brush.. started painting at 9:00 am and finished at 3:15 p.m. .. painted three upstairs bedrooms with a woman who was getting one of the Habitat houses… also painted the bathroom which… Continue