It wasn’t quite a feeling of failure for Stacy Banks, but she was somewhat disappointed.
The contractors who were to tape and mud the dry wall inside the Habitat home being built for Edna Mae Yates in West Anniston hadn’t showed up for work as of noon Thursday.
That meant the Habitat volunteers working on the house couldn’t get inside to hang doors, install cabinets or do much other interior work. The crew looked a little smaller in number, and some had little to do.
Some of Banks’ co-workers were shuttled off to home repair sites in western Anniston, while she and a few others stayed behind to do what was left of the outside work.
“It’s just that when you volunteer, you get the sense that you’ll build a house from start to finish,” Banks said. “It’s been different for us than at the other site, we haven’t had everything they’ve had.”
The workers were able to finish off the porches and build the railings and stairs. They were waiting on insulation, though, so a couple of them could put it in the crawl space underneath the house.
Though the house may not be finished come Friday, Banks did say she won’t be going away empty handed because she’s learned a lot this week – including how to shingle a roof and hang vinyl siding.
“It would be nice to leave this house on Friday knowing that Edna could move in,” she said.
