Columbus
Global Village
Team

Dedication

August 29, 2012
Photo by E.J. Thomas

Before

Photo from Google maps

Congratulations to the Jay Family on the completion of their new home Dedicated on August 29, 2012!

The Progress Log at the bottom of this page includes links to over seven hundred photos of volunteers working and each stage of the build. Here are Dave's favorite sixty-six of them. Enjoy!

We are thrilled to have had the opportunity to build a house with the Jay Family! Babacar Jay and Aissatou Faye moved to the United States from Senegal in 1992, lived in New York City for sixteen years, and settled in Columbus four years ago to raise their five children. Please see the Jay Family Stories page to read more about this lovely family!

We are most grateful to The Columbus Foundation, our Presenting Sponsor who made this project possible with their generous donation in partnership with The City of Columbus Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), and the Self-help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP).

This Habitat for Humanity–MidOhio project was situated at 1294 North Fifth Street. One Google map pinpoints the location, and another Google map shows the surrounding Weinland Park neighborhood. The dilapidated duplex seen in the Before photo to the left (click on it to see more detail) was recorded before the Columbus NSP program cleared the lot and provided it to Habitat.

Weinland Park is a diverse urban neighborhood of 4,800 people represented by the Weinland Park Community Civic Association. For a fascinating profile of Columbus' dynamic growth, check out the TEDx talk Surprise, It's Columbus 2.0! by Weinland Park resident Michael Wilkos. You can also peruse a wide array of interesting data about Weinland Park at city-data.com.

Progress log and photo galleries

• Date

  Photos

  Volunteer Groups

  Accomplishments

• August 29

  

  Everyone

  Dedication!

• August 28

  n/a

  Lead

  Exterior painting; punch list; final cleaning

• August 27

  n/a

  Lead

  Interior painting; punch list; garage cleaning

• August 25

  n/a

  Individuals

  Basement stairway molding; vacuum carpet; carpet protector; reinstall doors; cleaning; punch list;

• August 24

  n/a

  Individuals

  Garage siding; paint basement stairs; dishwasher; punch list

• August 23

  n/a

  Thrivent Builds

  Clean basement floor; trim nail-hole filling & painting; bi-fold doors; garage siding

• August 22

  n/a

  Leads

  Shoe molding; prepared garage door opening

• August 21

  n/a

  Thrivent Builds

  Interior doors & casing; baseboard & shoe molding; attic access covers; interior painting; garage cleaning

• August 18

  n/a

  Individuals

  Interior doors & casing; baseboards

• August 17

  n/a

  Individuals

  Laminate flooring; interior doors

• August 16

  

  Thrivent Builds

  Laminate flooring; mini-blinds; interior trim, exterior paint touchup

• August 15

  n/a

  Individuals

  Laminate flooring

• August 14

  n/a

  Thrivent Builds

  Porch handrails; interior & exterior trim painting; bath accessories; laminate flooring prep

• August 11

  n/a

  Individuals

  Porch handrails; align bypass doors; paint garage door

• August 10

  n/a

  Individuals

  Porch handrails; pantry shelves

• August 9

  n/a

  Thrivent Builds

  Exterior door painting; siding; bath accessories; mini-blinds; closet shelves; 2nd floor cleaning

• August 8

  

  Godman Guild

  Interior &asp; exterior painting; porch railings; clear brush; reinstall door slabs; clean windows; cabinet door pulls;

• August 7

  n/a

  Thrivent Builds

  Interior &asp; exterior trim painting; siding; egress window

• August 4

  n/a

  OSU Medical students; Individuals

  Interior &asp; exterior trim painting; garage siding; Tuff Coat; closet shelving

• August 3

  n/a

  Individuals

  Interior trim; handrail posts; garage siding

• August 2

  

  Thrivent Builds; Individuals

  Countertops; interior trim; handrail posts

• August 1

  n/a

  Individual

  Countertop; interior doors & trim;

• July 31

  n/a

  Thrivent Builds

  Vanities; interior doors & trim; range hood

• July 28

  

  Individual volunteers

  Cabinets; vinyl flooring; interior doors

• July 27

  

  Mt Carmel West ICU Nurses

  Porch trim; cabinets; vinyl flooring prep; insulation

• July 26

  n/a

  Thrivent Builds; Tuesday Crew

  Porch trim; siding; interior doors; vinyl flooring underlayment

• July 25

  n/a

  Individual volunteers

  Attic insulation; porch trim

• July 24

  n/a

  Tuesday Crew, individuals; family

  Paint walls; siding; porch trim

• July 21

  n/a

  Individual volunteers

  Paint walls

• July 20

  

  Owens Corning

  Air seal ceilings, paint prep cleaning, prime walls

• July 19

  

  Thrivent Builds

  Siding; porch post & beam trim

• July 18

  

  Individual volunteers

  Siding; front porch post trim

• July 17

  n/a

  Tuesday Crew

  Siding; porch post trim prep

• July 14

  n/a

  North Church

  Siding (short day due to rain)

• July 13

  

  Nationwide Insurance

  Siding, paint exterior trim, remove pump jacks

• July 12

  n/a

  Thursday Crew

  Soffit, siding, paint exterior trim, drywall clips

• July 11

  n/a

  No work due to nearby train derailment

• July 10

  n/a

  Tuesday Crew

  Soffit, fascia trim, siding, interior framing details, insulation netting details

• July 7 & 8

  

  http://bikeandbuild.org/rider/route.php?route=ME2SB&year=2012Bike & Build: Maine to Santa Barbara 2012 (ME2SB12)

  Insulation netting, insulation baffles, insulation batts, interior framing details, interior trim painting

• July 6

  n/a

  House lead

  Preparation for trim painting and insulation

• July 5

  n/a

  Thursday Crew

  Soffit, siding, termite protection spray, interior framing details

• July 3

  n/a

  Tuesday Crew

  Siding

• June 30

  

  Individual volunteers

  Window & door sealing, siding

• June 29

  

  North Church

  Air sealing, stud & electrical box marking, J-channel, drywall clips

• June 28

  n/a

  Thursday Crew

  Siding

• June 27

  

  Verizon Wireless

  Siding

• June 26

  n/a

  Tuesday Crew

  Kitchen island knee wall, siding trim details, started siding

• June 23

  

  OSU Sociology Grad Students

  Tuff Coat, soffit & fascia trim, cleaned basement, fire retardant paint on interior DOW insulation board, screwed down floor

• June 22

  

  Nationwide

  Chalked level line, Tuff Coat, soffit, tape DOW insulation board, P- & J-channel, garage hurricane clips

• June 21

  

  Thursday Crew

  Windows, DOW insulation board, soffit & fascia trim, tape insulation board

• June 20

  

  Individual volunteers

  Windows, DOW insulation board, soffit & fascia trim, tape insulation board

• June 19

  

  Tuesday Crew

  Framing details, windows, DOW insulation board, soffit and fascia trim

• June 18

  n/a

  Lead

  Doors & locks, insulate behind tub

• June 16

  

  Individual volunteers

  Windows, doors, DOW insulation board, attic access

• June 15

  

  Leads, family

  DOW insulation board

• June 14

  

  Nielsen, Thursday Crew

  Interior framing details; caulking; DOW insulation board

• June 13

  

  Dynamit

  Framing details; caulking; stairway walls; DOW insulation board

• June 12

  

  Tuesday Crew

  Exterior corner trim; basement landing and stairs;

• June 9

  

  House leads; familes, individual volunteers

  Window, door & door framing; landing and stairs; final roof framing

• June 8

  

  House leads; family

  OSB & sub-fascia on roof trusses; hurricane clips

• June 7

  

  Thursday Crew

  OSB & sub-fascia on roof trusses; porch truss details; window framing

• June 6

  

  Individual volunteers

  Roof truss details; porch trusses

• June 5

  

  Tuesday Crew

  Roof truss details; porch trusses; stairway drop ceiling; safe 2nd floor access

• June 2

  

  Individual volunteers

  Roof truss details; hurricane clips; installed OSB over 2nd floor trusses; porch trusses; stairway drop ceiling

• June 1

  

  Giant Eagle

  Installed roof trusses; installed OSB over 2nd floor trusses

• May 31

  

  Thursday Crew; individual volunteers

  The Columbus Foundation Wall Raising; Completed 2nd floor walls; Prepared trusses for lifting

• May 30

  

  Arlington Bank; individual volunteers

  Built & erected about 85% of 2nd floor interior walls; installed about 50% of double-top-plates

• May 29

  

  Tuesday Crew; individual volunteers

  Built & erected about 85% of 2nd floor exterior walls

• May 26

  

  Individual volunteers

  Built half of 2nd floor exterior walls

• May 25

  

  Expesite

  Completed balloon wall; completed 2nd floor deck

• May 24

  

  Thursday Crew; Individual volunteers

  Completed 2nd floor trusses & 85% of deck; Installed porch beams; cleaned garage

• May 23

  

  GlaxoSmithKline; Individual volunteers

  Installed 2nd floor trusses

• May 22

  

  Tuesday Crew

  Completed 1st floor walls; built porch beams

• May 19

  

  OSU students; individual volunteers;

  Wall raising; Completed about 85% of 1st floor walls

• May 18

  

  AOL; OSU Education & Human Ecology; individual volunteers;

  Built & erected half of 1st floor walls

• May 17

  

  Individual volunteers

  Built wall components

• May 5

  

  Individual volunteers

  Laid out wall plates

• May 2

  

  Individual volunteers; AmeriCorp NCCC

  Site and safety preparations

• April 16

  

  House leads

  Site survey