On Saturday, December 10, 2011, two Hearts In Hands volunteers and three volunteers from The Foundry returned to the home of a widow living in Alabaster (See Updates 9/10/2011 and 9/19/2011). She had endured several bad storms this year (including April 27th) before we could repair her badly deteriorated roof, and her ceilings were already in dire need of replacement.

Badly damaged bedroom ceiling

Interior damage from leaking roof

The volunteers were able to patch a section of one of the ceilings by cutting out the damage and replacing with new drywall. However, the bedroom had a tile ceiling so badly damaged the best solution was to install a suspended ceiling. After mudding and taping the patched ceiling and calculating supply needs for the suspended ceiling, the volunteers called it a day and committed to return the following Friday. Before The Foundry guys left, Frank gave them a Hearts In Hands angel to take back with them.

On Friday, December 16, 2011, volunteers returned to put the final touches on the drywalled ceiling and install the suspended ceiling. The client prepared a nice lunch for the volunteers, and after the short break they got back to the job. Ceiling work is very challenging (and painful!), and we and the client are so grateful for the volunteers’ dedication to this project.