Building An Elkview from 84 Lumber

Day 5

This small 576 square foot cottage is the answer for many in the aftermath of Katrina. With two bedrooms, bathroom, living rooom, and kitchen - this cottage fulfills dreams of many who lost their homes and were left with little to no funds to build a home. For $9,800 approximately we can black in the home on pilings. For about $8,000 more we can complete the inside inclusive with air conditioning, cabinets, washer/dryer, fridge, freezer, and flooring.

The stairs are built, the roof truss system installed, some sheathing installed, facia board, worked on the deck, and more of those hurricane straps.

Mervin, the Crew leader for the Costner Elkview home with his son at the C.A.R.E. Sharing Night on Thursday. This is a regular event and members of the public attend the dinner with the volunteers.

Headed for a solution - Its amazing how easy this is with the stairs in place!

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Building An Elkview Day By Day

Day One and Two

Day Three

Day Four

Day Five

Day Six

Day 7

Day 8 - not quite there yet.

Hurricane Strap Installation

This is still under construction - watch for daily posts until this home is completed.

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View of back of home at end of day on day 5.

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View of front of home on day 5. Roof is sheathed, deck is complete, stairwell finished, and fascia board is in place along with hurricane straps for the roof rafters.

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Junior begins to layout the stairs.

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Stairs to the deck are complete and post on right is ready for concrete to be poured.

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Installing hurricane straps on the rafters and top plate.

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Typical roof rafter hurricane strap.

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View of typical roof truss hurricane strap

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We were short a couple of truss systems since we extended the front porch. But the concept is great and we need to engineer the plans to include a Cathedral ceiling for part of the house to increase the "volume" of the space.

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Roof truss are placed 24” oc. The roof clip shown is mandatory if the roof truss or rafter is placed at a distance greater than 16” oc.

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Roof sheathing clip specification package.

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Chalk line being placed on rafters getting ready for facia board prior to sheathing roof.

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Gary Warver (German Baptist Bretheren and Ohio Disaster Relief Board Member) visits with Site Manager for the Ohio Disaster Relief, Ken Stull regarding the building of Elkview homes in the fall when they return to Waveland.

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Building inspector leaves a notice that there needs to be a stamped print in the plan box. He had been there that day to inspect the nailing pattern on the roof prior to laying the felt paper.