Framing continued with help provided by Summer Servants and volunteers, including groups from St. Mary of the Woods (Chicago), Fr. Ryan HS (Nashville), and John Paul II HS (Hendersonville, TN).

San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Framing in Progress, Part II by Eric Fitts, Director When we last left off, we were in the midst of installing headers and just beginning to get a few joists in. Up until this point, primarily Caretakers and Summer Servants had worked on site, as the detail work and post … Continue reading San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Framing in progress, Part II

San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Framing in Progress, Part I by Eric Fitts, Director An update is overdue! The Shelter-Kit framing kit arrived on a 54-foot truck and trailer with 33,000 lbs of materials. Since the truck could not get up our 1/2-mile driveway, it took all afternoon and the next morning to get the … Continue reading San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Framing in progress, Part I

San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation Complete, Part XI by Eric Fitts, Director The crew from Solak Builders was back to make some relief cuts in the slab, begin some block work around the rain water hydrant for the chicken coop, and lay the last 2 courses of block on top of the slab to … Continue reading San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation Complete, Part XI

San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation in Progress, Part X by Eric Fitts, Director The day finally arrived to pour the slab for San Damiano. Vapor barrier was placed down (to protect the contents of the building from rust due to condensation from the ground), forms put up, and we were ready for 4 cement … Continue reading San Damiano Center for Sustainability: foundation in progress, Part X

San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation in Progress, Part IX by Eric Fitts, Director The final course of block before the slab gets poured is in place, corrugated metal has been installed over the composting toilet bins and root cellar for the slab to pour over top of them, and forms have been placed and … Continue reading San Damiano Center for Sustainability: foundation in progress, Part IX

San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation in Progress, Part VIII The San Damiano Center foundation project is hitting the home stretch. Solak Builders has added more labor onto the project, which has sped progress. Thanks to Eric, Travis, Josh and Nathan, who have been on site essentially since the beginning and to Zach, Joe, Mark, … Continue reading San Damiano Center for Sustainability: foundation in progress, Part VIII