Focus on Vision of Helping Veterans
June 18th, 2009
At the Windsor Transitional Home, brick tuckpointing is now finished.
Mosby Building Arts is dedicated to more than enhancing homes. We enhance the way people live. Although each of our client’s home projects receives the highest priority of our attention, there has probably never been a house assignment more important than the Windsor Transitional Home which will serve the needs of honorable St. Louis veterans. Mosby professionals have been hard at work in preparation for the HGTV crew on June 19th to begin filming. The project is scheduled to be complete on June 21, 2009.
In the backyard, the fence has been removed and the old sidewalk and porch have been removed. Big plans for the backyard!
We take pride in the fact that our service approach is unique to our industry, and our “do-whatever-it-takes” attitude has helped us to quickly and accurately measure and photograph the Windsor Transitional Home to create floor plans that will assist Rebuilding Together St. Louis, as well as HGTV representatives and the volunteer trade partners participating in this important refurbishing and renovation project.
The painting of walls and trim in the first floor living room is done. Morning sunlight through the stained glass is a beautiful sight.
For over 60 years, people in the St. Louis area have turned to Mosby Building Arts for home enhancement answers. Now our own Scott Mosby has utilized his experience supervising remodeling jobs to create an organizational system on the veteran’s home job site that will enhance the productivity and efficiency of hundreds of volunteers.
The kitchen is now ready for paint, flooring, appliances and cabinetry. This room will magically transform over the weekend!
Scott defined the structure and responsibility so each room had a captain. Captains are responsible for monitoring progress in their rooms, from scheduling to construction to punch list. This organizational structure helps to create a sense of order and helps to divide this large project into manageable segments, while each Captain provides helpful guidance and direction to the volunteers within their room.
A Rebuilding Together volunteer installing wood paneling to one of the ground floor rooms.
All of the first- and second-floor interior walls have been patched and prepared for painting. Some rooms that have been without ceilings now have drywall installed, along with new connections for light fixtures.
A volunteer doing last minute prep work as the new flooring was being unloaded from the truck. The new floors will be protected while HGTV filming goes on this weekend.
As we took these photos of the progress at the home, volunteers were finishing up last-minute prep work as new flooring was unloaded from a delivery truck.
The second floor is patched and prepped for painting. Here you can see some of the new thermal windows already installed in every room of the veteran's home.
New thermal windows were donated for the project, and all of them are now installed. This will contribute greatly to the energy efficiency of this 109-year old home.
The second floor had been without a ceiling for some time, so it is gratifying to have this completed. Loving the original fireplace surround.
Even before the final construction push begins on Friday morning, the house is a beehive of activity, with a wide variety of tradespeople working concurrently.
Spirits are high on the job site and there is a very positive energy. Everyone we spoke with is intensely focused on doing their best work as a way of giving back to a man who has dedicated his home and life to helping homeless veterans.
Hence Forland, Jr., the man who has dedicated his home and life to helping homeless veterans. That smile is always on his face, and his spirit is infectious.
And the happiest man on the job site? That would be Hence Forland, Jr. He has been working side by side with us to realize his vision of helping those who have served our country. The feelings of joy and gratitude that radiate from him are both infectious and inspirational.
The Windsor Transitional Home has already come a long way in a short period of time. This weekend, hundreds of volunteers and the HGTV crew will work together with Mosby professionals to help Hence Forland realize his vision of helping worthy veterans to discover “the art of living” well.
Listen to The KMOX Home Improvement Show with Scott Mosby on Saturday, June 21st, from 11 am - 2 pm. Scott will be broadcasting live from the job site and will interview the people who are helping to make the dream of the Windsor Transitional Home a reality.
And for regular updates and photos of the progress at the veteran’s home, follow Scott Mosby on Twitter.
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Tags: hence forland jr., HGTV, hgtv st. louis, mosby building arts, Rebuilding Together St. Louis, scott mosby, veteran's home, windsor transitional home
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