Children's Home Is Prepared to Have Roof Installed

It is almost time for the August student trips to arrive, and in preparation for their arrival the children's home roof is to be installed. Before the roof itself could be installed, the masons had to first install the last portions of the children's home walls. On each end of the building, the masons have constructed a triangular support that will help to naturally support the roofs. Long metal supports will crisscross the building from one end to the other. The internal walls of the building reach four rows higher than the height of the upper support beam. These walls will all help support the weight of the heavy tin roof that will be installed within the next two weeks. The plan is to have the student volunteers help with the extremely labor intensive process of pouring the cement floor. To pour the floor by hand, at least 20 to 30 people are needed to be able to complete the process in one day as is required. If the process lasts more than one day, then lines form in the cement floor which can easily break open and ruin the structural integrity of the cement flooring. Without the roof installed, the floor can not be poured. Summer thunderstorms are almost a daily occurrence, which makes pouring a floor without a roof a risky and unwise idea. With the roof in place, the student volunteers will be able to knock out the last major construction project remaining for the children's home.