A Student-Built House Is Slowly Filling Out in Silver Spring
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For a while, it resembled a teenager who had just gone through a growth spurt. The bones of the student-built house at 13009 Connecticut Ave. in Silver Spring were there, but the rest of it was still a bit awkward, even gangly.
Slowly, the house is beginning to bulk up. The taupe-colored siding is on. Inside, puffy blankets of insulation poke through the wooden frames that separate the rooms. This week, carpentry students are installing drywall. In another week, they'll start painting. By the end of March, kitchen cabinets will be in.
The kids are leaving their marks on the project -- not just with the hundreds of nails they've driven into boards but also with permanent markers. Near the second-floor bathroom, Stephen Haynie, a junior at Sherwood High School, scribbled his name in black -- along with his phone number (his girlfriend doesn't know) -- on a beam. Juan Martinez of Montgomery Blair High School scribbled "Juan was here!" near the upstairs bedroom.
Six weeks behind in the fall, the house will be right on schedule in the spring. By early May, it is slated to be finished.
