Hilliard Adopt-A-House
2018 Rosslyn Avenue Photo Album

Habitat for Humanity
of Mid-Ohio

The photos below are from August 29, 2018 when we remounted the light on the rear of the house, finished painting the house, painted the front concrete foundation wall, hung the window shutters, planted evergreen trees and flowers purchased by the homeowner, spread mulch, organized the Habitat trailer, and did final clean up of the site.

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Project history:

• July 21, 2018 - Removed the front porch deck and trellis, removed a large number of overgrown bushes and trees, broke up an old set of concrete steps and scraped loose and cracked paint off the wood siding, soffits and fascia.
• July 25, 2018 - Continued scraping loose and cracked paint off the wood siding, soffits and fascia, filled the dumpster with more tree branches and shrubs from last Saturday, cut backers out of 2x12 material to straighten the rear gable fascia, re-nailed loose wood siding, inserted bent aluminum under the last row of shingles on the rear roof, and added fascia boards to the east and west dormers.
• July 28, 2018 - Cut an ash tree down near the front left corner of the house, cut a section of broken sidewalk concrete which will tie in with the new walkway from the new steps, built treated wood steps from the front door with handrails, started on the paver walkway from the steps to the old concrete sidewalk, secured an aluminum drip edge on the rear porch, removed numerous shrub stubs in the front yard, removed more yard trash and brush, scraped more of the front siding, secured the rear porch rafter overhang to raise the gutter, investigated the missing window mullion, and removed the metal base mounted on the sidewalk for the missing metal handrail.
• August 1, 2018 - Moved the remaining debris to the dumpster, cut and installed backers to straighten the front gable fascia, finished scraping paint off the front overhang and walls next to the driveway, almost completed scraping paint off the front of the house, finished scraping paint off the east dormer, caulked siding on the west wall, vacuumed paint scraps off most of the east roof, confirmed that electricity is hot to the light post, and removed the light post and front light for refinishing.
• August 4, 2018 - Loaded the Habitat truck with our concrete and stone debris, cleaned the window awnings, finished scraping paint off all of the house except for one small section on the north wall, reinforced the front steps with 4x4's, laid the remaining stepping stones, cleaned up and leveled some of the front yard, cleaned most of the dirt and debris from the driveway, installed a mounting block for the front steps light, repaired the mullion on the storm windows above the driveway, filled in missing corner trim pieces where the porch and trellis had attached to the house, continued caulking the wood siding, cleaned most of the metal siding, shortened the lamp post to remove rot, cleaned some of the shutters and repaired an eave on the east side of the house.
• August 8, 2018 - Continued caulking the wood siding, continued cleaning the window shutters, repaired an eave on the west side of the house and installed a new roof vent boot on the rear roof.
• August 11, 2018 - Completed scraping paint off the rear of the house, continued caulking, and started painting under the eaves on the east side of the house before the rains made us cut the day short.
• August 18, 2018 - Began painting the house.
• August 20, 2018 - Repaired a window shutter and prepped the light post for painting.
• August 22, 2018 - Treated the stumps so that they won't grow suckers, continued caulking, put second coats of paint on the east, west and north sides of the house except for the eaves, painted the front steps and storm door, started a second coat of paint on the front of the house, began painting the dormers, painted and erected the light post, cleaned and painted seven window shutters, and applied anti-slip strips to the front steps.
• August 25, 2018 - Repaired the dormer roof, repaired the dormer wood siding, added a missing dormer shingle trim board, finished second coats of paint on the south side of the house, all eaves, front steps, doors, and dormer sides, finished first coat of paint on dormer windows, installed the post light and front steps light fixtures, scraped paint off some of the windows, secured the rear roof vent boot, cleaned and painted the remaining window shutters, repaired the concrete around the front left foundation corner, finished anti-slip strip installation on the front steps, repaired and planed the back storm door, brushed off the front concrete foundation wall and applied one coat of concrete primer to it.
• August 29, 2018 - Remounted the light on the rear of the house, finished painting the house, painted the front concrete foundation wall, hung the window shutters, planted evergreen trees and flowers purchased by the homeowner, spread mulch, organized the Habitat trailer, and did final clean up of the site.

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