Turners FallsWork

Construction schedule for the Turners Falls site

The site 53/55 L Street. Driving directions and area maps are available here.

The house at 53 L Street will be similar to the first house. PVH is again joined by our partners at Franklin County Technical School in the construction.

Click here or on the photo for a larger version.
There are more photos here showing the history of the site.

News about the ongoing developments at the site is posted below, with a longer record here.

Work at the site is regularly scheduled for Saturdays from 9 to 4, and Sundays from noon to 4. Other days may be scheduled by arrangement.

To reserve a date for yourself or a group to work at this site, click on the VolunteerUP icon on our home page (or just click here) and register as a volunteer (if you have not registered already.) Sign in with your name and password, and on the calendar you will be able to see what dates are not yet filled for this worksite. When you sign up for a site and date, you will be asked how many "guests" you will bring in your group, and for the name of your group. If it is just you, then of course you will skip those questions.

Volunteers trained as crew leaders can click here to sign up to crew lead an open workparty date.

If you are the leader of a group of young people (ages 14 through 17) coming to a Habitat site, please read the statement of expectations for these groups.

Volunteers may wish to look at Habitat for Humanity University's online "Residential Construction Basics."

Work done in past months, up to November 2006, is archived here.
Report, and Expectation of work to be done at the site

(10/2): The work on 55 L Street was completed at the end of August, and Connie Forcier and family moved in over Labor Day weekend.

By the time 55 L was finished, the 53 L foundation was in and backfilled. In just two weeks of work, the Franklin Tech carpentry students have already framed the first floor exterior walls and the second floor deck. The outside walls will soon be complete and Franklin Tech students will begin working on the roof while Habitat volunteers complete the sheathing, frame the interior walls, and begin working on the front and rear porches.

(5/8): Work has progressed steadily over the past few months. Franklin Tech students continue to work on the electrical fixtures and plumbing, while carpentry students complete the interior and exterior trim, soffits, and gable ends. With the Tech Schoolers working during the week and volunteer groups on the weekend, the house is nearing completion.

The drywall is up, taped (thanks, Pat!), primed, and recently got its first coat of paint. Doors are in; windows are trimmed, baseboard heaters are in. Most of the siding is up, as is the porch ceiling. Next on the agenda is finishing the front and rear porches, kitchen cabinets within a couple of weeks, and all the rest of those little details like plumbing fixtures, flooring, etc.

Many thanks to all the volunteers from UMass, Mt Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, and the other student groups who have helped out over the past months - we couldn't do it without you!

An extensive report, eventually going back many months, is available here.

All work scheduled from now on is handled by the VolunteerUP management system.