Habitat Rehab

 This house was donated to Habitat.  We have been working on it for the last couple of weeks.  We put in all new windows and doors.
We have painted most of the inside and are working on putting the kitchen together.

We installed the microwave yesterday.  I cracked up because look how much wider that microwave is than the opening for the range.  I told them they should have gotten an RV sized microwave.  Everything in this house seems so small.

Wednesday, I worked on scraping many layers of paint off the door frames.  As you can see, this kitchen has had many interesting colors in it's past.  I got the door frames all cleaned up. Thursday, I patched the areas where the hinges were because we are not going to hang new doors.  Most of the house is in fairly good shape but the bathroom was a total gut.  The plumbers came out and put a camera down the sewer lines. That was pretty cool. We had to replace some of the main line, but most of it was pronounced good to go.

Thursday afternoon, we wrapped the house in Tyvek house wrap. I expect by the time I return next week the vinyl siding will be installed.

This is the first rehab I have worked on. The other houses have all been new. I really like it.  This little house is going to make a nice home for someone and it will be good to see it all fixed up.