Home Owner Impact

Also see examples of our mid-size repair projects at the bottom of the page

MID-SIZED REPAIR PROJECT EXAMPLES

Repair Project 1:

This is a typical “Mid-Sized Repair”

A family that lives in a manufactured home in Cornelius came to us for help. They had been referred to us from Disabled Services because they were at the point where they faced the possibility of having to place their 12-year- old paraplegic son Juan in an assisted care facility because the family was having difficulty taking care of his hygiene needs adequately as he grew bigger and harder to maneuver in and out of the tub.

We partnered with a department of Disabled Services that was able to provide some materials for this accessibility modification.

Our volunteer crew, under the supervision of our project manager, Alden Potter, faced a bit of a challenge in this job. They had to completely remove the whole back wall of the manufactured home to remove the old tub and then install the new handicapped shower unit and new flooring. The bathroom door had to be widened to accommodate Juan’s wheelchair. We also installed a new sink/vanity combination that was much easier to access for Juan and his mother. The toilet was modified to allow easier access as well.

Now, a few years later, we have been asked to assist this family again by widening the doorways in other rooms in the home and removing a kitchen island that impedes easy access by Juan in his wheelchair. Because we have been able to help, Juan can stay with the family that loves and wants to care for him.

Repair Project 2

Todd is a quadriplegic who became disabled while volunteering himself on a roofing job to help an unfortunate neighbor. He then had his leg amputated at the knee because of another medical condition and he suffered from a rare form of inherited MS.

He and his wife live in an older, modest mobile home in Forest Grove. Even though he is disabled, that doesn’t stop Todd from volunteering still and the local library using a “voice activated computer” to help with compose overdue letters and billings.

When we went to visit Todd to perform our preliminary inspection and verification of income eligibility, he had recently suffered a very traumatic event. He is a very big man, and combined with the added weight of his motorized wheelchair, one day he fell through the floor in the living room. The flooring was very lightweight and inadequate to withstand the weight load.

Todd remained trapped in the hole in his floor for almost 8 hours until his wife came home from work and was able to call for help.

We made sure they qualified and immediately went about putting together a crew to make their home safer and more accessible for them. First of all, we tore up all the old flooring, installed over 600 square feet of new, stronger reinforced flooring and covered it all with commercial grade tile.

They had other needs as well; his wife was finding it harder and harder to help Todd bathe in their standard tub. We took out the old tub and installed a new handicapped accessible shower unit to make it easier to take care of his bathing needs.

We have helped them with other repair needs as well over the past few years. They are a very grateful to be able to stay safe in their own home.



Repair Project 3:

The B’s are a young family with four children (Mrs. B was expecting their fourth child when we met them). They had worked hard to purchase their home, but due to unexpected work disruptions in Mr. B’s career, they were having difficulty maintaining the home. The roof leaked, the house needed paint very badly, some of the siding was rotting off in the rear of the home, and they had miscellaneous other repair needs.

With the assistance of Malarkey Roofing and the Apprenticeship Roofer Program and several of our board member volunteers, we were able to completely re-roof their home. A Team from a Westview High School came out in force to paint the complete exterior of the home after our board members and other volunteers had repaired all the damaged siding and power washed the home.