HomeAid partners with GHBA members on remodeling project

Over the past 15 years, HomeAid Houston, a Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA) charity, has worked in partnership with dozens of GHBA members to provide remodeling and small construction services to area homeless care agencies that are called HomeAid Care Projects.

HomeAid recently paired up with the GHBA Remodelers Council (RMC), and the Custom Builders Council (CBC), on a two-phase project to improve and expand the shower facilities at Crossroads at Park Place, a Christian organization committed to promoting the health, hygiene and dignity of individuals experiencing chronic homelessness and poverty in southeast Houston since 2001. The agency serves 200 to 250 people on average daily.

The RMC successfully refurbished four 10-year- old existing shower units. The units had originally been constructed and taken to New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina relief, and then brought back to Houston to service the homeless community thanks to Jim Brakeen, executive director of Crossroads, and his team.

Work by the RMC included a complete refurbishment of the exterior shell of the buildings as well as gutting and replacing all of the mechanicals inside and out. New shower stalls were built and finished out with new water heaters, doors, hardware, siding, roofing, benches and stairs.

The builder captains on the project were Sherry Pruitt with Whodid It Designs, Melanie Heinrich with TriFection Remodeling, and Sandra Crook with Greymark Construction.

Donations were provided by A-Plus Glass, Bluewave Plumbing, Ferguson Bath Kitchen & Lighting Gallery, Red Dog Dumpster, Richard Alan & Associates, Rooftec, Sherwin-Williams, SHR Remodeling & Repair, TriFection Remodeling and Construction, Ty Tipton and Western Pacific, with a special “thank you” to Stephen Twarowski who donated time and labor to do the carpentry work.

The second phase of the Crossroads project was led by Todd LeBlanc with LeBlanc Custom Homes with his cocaptain Rick Mosher with The Detering Co. The CBC was tasked with building a new freestanding shower unit similar to the existing units with the goal to add a minimum of two new shower rooms.

This addition would allow 16 more patrons to use the facilities. The units were built at Detering and transported to Crossroads by Dave Gordon with Whitestone Builders.

All of the shower building interior and exterior components for both projects were donated by BMC, Royal Baths, Moore Supply, Southwest Sales, Image Electric, Richard Alan & Assoc., Therma Tru, Schlage, RoofTec, SherwinWilliams and The Detering Co.

Matt Sneller with Sneller Custom Homes & Remodeling worked with Todd LeBlanc and the volunteers to complete the project.

Generous GHBA donors Trendmaker Homes and Holcomb Properties Company provided the funding for the projects.

For more information on HomeAid Houston, visit www.homeaidhouston.org or call 281-970-8970.