Habitat for Humanity

This past Saturday I volunteered at the Palouse Habitat for Humanity. We worked on constructing a home in Albion, Washington which is geared for low income housing to support families transitions from temporary housing to permanent housing. Before going to the site I was very excited to work on the home as I have always been interested in construction because it is what my dad does for a living and I have helped him with small projects on and off.

While at the site, we worked on many different aspects of the construction. Starting with shoveling and moving dirt in order to level the ground outside the home to putting on hurricane ties and beginning the sheathing for the roof of the home and much more. I first worked with the shoveling and moving dirt which was a lot of core muscles I hadn't reached in awhile. Moving towards putting on the hurricane ties on the east side of the home. The hurricane ties are a structural component on a home to resist tension and basically hold the roof to the home in a way. Being in charge of nailing the hurricane ties in with the air pressure nail gun. I learned a lot about how a house is built from the bottom up rather than just seeing a home in the end and not actually understanding the process of how it was built. I had a lot of fun and would consider going back again another time.