cummingsngoings: November 2017

We have returned to Hot Springs, Arkansas to continue work on the floors of the cabins.

We have a larger crew this trip with 5 rigs present on weeks 1 and 3. There was a death in the family of one couple so they were absent on week 2 only.

And our crew from the left are Jo and Mark, Stel and Jodi, Joe and Jayne, Mark and Lisa and leaders Linda and Jerrel. 2 couples are new to NOMADS (Mark and Jo and Mark and Lisa) so we gave them a real workout.

As in the previous trip, we tore up tile and subfloor from 6 rooms in 3 cabins.

This particular cabin was more difficult than the others because there were 4 times the amount of nails and an extra layer of subfloor so we had the opportunity to have everyone involved at the same time for tearout.

In one cabin there was a wet spot on the floor so we tore up another layer to see what was going on. What a surprise! Squirrels or some other animal had worked up from beneath into the insulation and was using it for a bathroom. A little extra repair was needed.

Then comes the cleanup.

Thank goodness we had this magnet for Joe to clean up those thousands of nail debris.

After tearout, we installed new 3/4 inch subfloor and put installed thousands of screws to hold it down.

Next came installation of tile with Linda and Jayne on this team,

Stel and Jo installing also,

as are Lisa and Mark.

The trim had to be painted so Joe finds a sunny spot to do so

but rain forced Joe and Lisa to work on one of the porches.

There were leak spots noted in 2 cabins so the crew assessed the problem and installed additional flashing

In another area, the loovers in this roof vent had been damaged by weather and or animals so Mark climbed up to do tear out and asses materials needed.