Joel and Kristine

Kristine and I were lucky enough to be able to be a part of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Sunday night.  We worked a shift from 6:30 PM till 12:30 AM and loved every second of it.  When we got there, we kinda sat around waiting until they needed some workers.  They had poured the foundation after lunch and were waiting for it to firm up.  Around 7 they finally called for us and we climbed the hill to the house.

Once there, we were tasked with digging the dirt away from the framing setup around the foundation.  We needed to dig the dirt out so we could pull the boards away.  Once we had done that, they had us pry up the boards and supports away from the foundation.  After that, they had us put the dirt back up against the foundation six inches away from the top.

Next, we basically shoveled dirt around trying to flatten the ground out for the framers who were coming at 5 am.  We also had to pick up any of the remaining parts of the house demolition that were around the property and in the shrubs.

Once we had done all this work they sent us to go grab some grub in the catering tent.  Applebee’s was serving the food but there were not that many people there.  Around 11 p.m. they sent us home early saying that we were no longer needed since nothing was going to happen till 5 a.m.  As we were leaving, the crew from Applebee’s gave us the left over food!  We got a ton of food now… and good food!

Below are some photos I took on my phone from the site:

Joel with his hardhat and shirt ready to work

Kristine in the catering tent

Foundation with the framing up

Coat hanger in the old house's pool foundation

Catering Tent

Crew pulling the pre-fab walls off the trucks

Kristine working hard

Foundation with the frame work still up

Foundation finished