Speed Bump

We had an incident last night that I want to let you know about. Sometime yesterday evening a driver lost control of his van and rolled it into the corner of the house we are building on Heath Street. The driver fled the scene on foot, so we have no word on his condition.

The driver left the van embedded in the corner of the house, but it was extracted after the house was deemed structurally sound.

There is a significant amount of damage to the corner framing and siding, but no damage that we can see to the foundation or roof. I think this is because of the great skill of our volunteer building team!

Habitat is working with their insurance company so that we can begin repairs, and Clark is going to begin work reinforcing and repairing the framing on that corner. Clark also expects the drywall folks to go ahead and begin work as well.

We will continue with siding work this Saturday on the rest of the house, and Clark and I will meet early next week to talk about how to move forward with the schedule. We may find that this incident is little more than a bump in the road for us, but I’ll keep you posted.