First Week First UMC, Odem, Tx

We returned to Odem First United Methodist Church for their community outreach project.  Last year we rebuilt the porch roof on Gracie's house and we return this year to work on the siding.  Another NOMADS team just left after having removed the old siding on the west side and front of the house.  They also jacked up the house and installed more support pillars to stabilize the house and installed insulation and house wrap on the 2 sides and hardee board siding on the west side.  Our job is to complete the front side, remove siding on the east side and install insulation and house wrap and siding.   

We begin by looking at the finished side because there is concern that the siding is not stable  around this window.

Stel and Dave will remove the window and add studding to support the siding before reinstalling the window.

Judy and Sandy begin working on the east side to remove all the old siding and celotex.

Demolition reveals the need for a lot of insulation and

there are a lot of rotted studs so we will remove the damage and replace  with new under the rear window

and the front window and install insulation.

All the insulation is installed so

Suzanne, Elaine, Judy, Stel and Dave complete the wrap on the east side.

Lou spent the entire week installing lights, replacing switches and receptacles and running new electric lines for the air conditioner, dryer and other circuits while Sam replaced leaking plumbing and installed a new dryer vent.

Meanwhile on the west side, Sam paints the trim

and Sandy 

and Suzanne paint the siding on the west while

Elaine and Jodi prepaint all the siding for the rest of the house.

To avoid the problem discovered on the west side, Stel is adding studs to the sides of the front windows so the the siding has a place to be attached.

We tried to repair the storm door unsuccessfully so at the end of the week, we begin work on a new storm door but the day is over so we will complete this next week.

In the evening on Thursday, the church served a potluck dinner for all the NOMADS and we were most grateful.