Kamp Kipa Work Week

Monday, August 30 through Saturday, September 4 is Kamp Kipa Work Week. There will be work for anyone who can show up any day of the week. There will be lunch/dinner served Friday and breakfast/lunch served Saturday. The following list is a tentative plan for the week:

Main Lodge:
- Install new soffit for eaves and overhangs
- Install new windows
- Install new siding and trim
- Work on new rough plumbing in kitchen
- Finish framing interior walls
- Install new exterior doors

Cabins:
- Connect final electrical so there is electricity available to all cabins.

Excavation:
- Install new grease tank
- Cover all underground power

Staff Cabin:
- Run new electrical wires
- Install new windows
- Install new soffit for eaves and overhangs
- Install new siding and trim
- Install new exterior door

Bathrooms:
- Run new electrical wires
- Frame new exterior water heater closet and roof
- Install new windows
- Install new soffit for eaves and overhangs
- Install new siding and trim
- Install new exterior doors

We hope to have a busy and successful week!

August 21

No pictures again this week. The kitchen is completely framed in and more framing was done in the lodge. More electricity was run to cabins and more backfilling in trenches and patio.

August 14

Saturday the 14th had another large turnout of help. The cabins' windows and shutters were stained and electrical work to the cabins continued. In the lodge a meeting room was framed and the kitchen floored was raised 8" to match the rest of the building's floor. Prep work for the lodge patio continued and it should be ready for concrete soon. Some of the trenches with new electrical conduit were backfilled.

August 7

A rainy day


West wall in lodge


West wall in lodge


Kitchen trenches filled in


Staff cabin steps complete


Staff cabin deck


Staff cabin ready for plumbing and electrical


Girl's bathroom plumbing


Girl's bathroom


Boy's bathroom


Boy's bathroom


Septic by boy's bathroom complete


Still burning brush

Despite another rainy day, Kamp Kipa saw another large workforce last Saturday. Eleven tradesmen from Colorado traveled down Friday to work on plumbing. They completed the rough-in plumbing in both the girl's and boy's bathrooms and started the staff cabin plumbing. Much more was accomplished Saturday; half of the lodge has been framed, the lower patio is being prepped, the patio and kitchen have been backfilled, and some of the electricity has been run to cabins. Running the electricity includes digging trenches and running conduit and wire. We are so thankful for all of the willing workers and the many accomplished tasks at Kamp. God has blessed our work and we pray for continued blessings.

Last Week of July

The lodge from above


Cabins and lodge


Inside the lodge, view from the kitchen


Visitors


Framing in staff cabin


Staff cabin deck


Staff cabin steps


Prepping grease trap


Looking down at drain field and recreation area


Burning brush


Assessing electrical needs


A break from the rain

Even amid the rain, 15 adults and several children worked cheerfully last Saturday.

Work accomplished:

Staff Cabin:
Added 2nd top plate to interior walls
Plumbed up interior walls and door openings
Installed drywall backing for walls and ceiling
Constructed new entry stairs and railings
Removed door plates
Installed H2.5s on trusses
Added missing 2x8 ceiling joist

Girls Bathroom:
Replaced some exterior siding as needed with 3/8" OSB
Installed H2.5s on trusses

Boys Bathroom:
Moved dirt/concrete debris to outside
Framed all interior walls
Installed H2.5s on trusses

Excavation:
Dug new electrical underground ditches from Lower cabins to Boys Bath
Determined where power supply will run from Bathrooms to Cabins

Saturday July 24

The largest group so far!


With the help of a backhoe, steps are built from driveway to main lodge



Completing the job



New framework in staff cabin



Extinguishing one of five brush fires

Work completed in:

Main Lodge:
Underground plumbing set in place
All floor sinks in
All 1x2 slats removed from siding

Girls Bathroom:
Replaced rotted exterior sill plate
Framed all interior walls
Marked floor for new toilet drains
Removed damaged siding and 1x2 slats

Boys Bathroom:
Removed 1x2 slats
Marked where new walls will be constructed
Marked floor for new toilet drains
Removed concrete around existing toilet drains

Staff Cabin:
Poured slab for exterior stairs
Installed new deck railing
Straightened existing exterior walls
Framed interior walls

Septic:
Installed new lines from both girls bathroom and lodge to drain field

Excavation:
Back filled south end of lodge and water/sewer lines