A woman's touch
<p>A group teams up to raise a wall of a habitat for Humanity home in Coeur d'Alene during Women Build Week. From Left, Kitty Krier, Sue Ball, Kris Owens, Lisa Brown, Debbi Long, Jenniger Kenefick and Pam Rogness.</p>
<p>Pam Rogness works on a Habitat for Humanity home in Coeur d'Alene.</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - Paul Hubik needed some help building his home, and he got it - from 50 women.
"They did a great job," said Katrina Boyer, volunteer coordinator. "They worked hard."
Women Build ran from May 8-12. The group, starting with concrete footings, put in floor joists, nailed down the floor, framed the exterior and interior walls, and added door and window headers.
"They pretty much framed the entire house," she said.
About 50 women joined construction director Greg Nowak to work on Habitat for Humanity's 37th home in Kootenai County.
Each day started at Lowe's, where women received basic construction skills and how to use power tools to build wall frames.
"We learned why a guy needs more than three hammers," Boyer said, laughing.
The rancher-style home will have two bedrooms for Hubik, who worked 300-plus hours on other Habitat homes and in Habitat's ReStore before starting construction of his home.
"He worked side by side with the ladies all week as they hammered, sawed and nailed the home from mere foundation to fully framed," Boyer wrote.
It was the fifth Women Build event for Habitat for Humanity of North Idaho.
Trustees were raised Monday for Hubik's home, which is expected to be completed in late summer or early fall.
He will continue to make no-interest mortgage payments.
Lowe's sponsored the national event.