Getting Ready for the Extreme Bus!

The frenzy to complete the Marshall home – both inside and out – continued right up to the very last moment. People touching up paint, picking up construction materials and debris, spreading landscaping mulch were just part of the small army attending to the last minute details needed to make the Marshall home complete and perfect!

Photos Courtesy of Herman Torres

Move That Furniture! Move That Furniture!

Once the interior finishes were “nearly complete” the trucks arrived with furniture, draperies, artwork and all the things needed to make the Marshall home perfect for them. A strong team of movers from Cheldan Homes, the Irving Police Department and CVS Pharmacy toted boxes, boxes and more boxes – and all in record time!

FIRST TWO PHOTOS: Courtesy of apmDesign Photography - Adrien P. Maroney

THIRD PHOTO: Courtesy of Herman Torres

Extreme Makeover: Interior Construction

As soon as the sheetrock was complete, work went ahead full speed and in 24 hours, the walls were painted, floors finished, trim, doors and cabinetry installed, appliances delivered and hooked up and much more – all in preparation for the move-in of furniture and the arrival of the EMHE designers to work their magic!

Unfortunately - this is the last of the INTERIOR photographs we can show you until our episode airs in late September or early October! The “grand finale” is the fantastic home interior designed by the EMHE Design team just for the Marshall family. Once the show airs, we’ll include lots of photos for you to see of each room on this website.

Extreme Team Sheetrock!

Once the exterior walls were in place, sheetrock work began immediately. Trust us, it was as hot inside the house as it was outside! And the home’s unique design required the use of lifts to sheetrock some parts of the home. Multiple teams worked simultaneously in different rooms of the home to ensure the quick completion of walls ready for paint, trim, doors and other finishes!

Photos Courtesy of Herman Torres

Setting the Rafters

Not to be outdone by the Dallas PD, Susan Marshall’s co-workers from the Irving Police Department worked several different days at the EMHE project. Here you see some Irving police officers carrying beautiful, handcrafted, and VERY HEAVY decorative rafters. Because the rafters were one of a kind and very fragile – they had to be hand-carried from the staging area to the home.

Group Photos Courtesy of Herman Torres
Rafter Photo Courtesy of apmDesign Photography - Adrien P. Maroney

Energy Efficiency – Wind Power!

The Marshall family home was built with incredible energy features, including LP TechShield radiant barrier, Low E windows, a Huber ZIP system home envelope and more. One of the most talked-about features was the GreenWatt Energy windmill – the first of its kind to be installed in the United Stated. This “windball” has a silent design and will provide 30 – 40% of the homes total electric energy usage. Beautiful to see and an awesome step for a greener environment for our world!

Group Photo and Night Photo Courtesy of Herman Torres

Other Photos Courtesy of apmDesign Photography - Adrien P. Maroney

Bluescope

BlueScope Water designed and installed a rainwater harvesting system for the Marshall family, another energy efficient feature that will help conserve our most precious natural resource – water! The tank will collect rainwater and will be used for landscaping water and the new Marshall family barn.

Flatwork and Landscaping

While the stone went up on the outside, work began on the flatwork (sidewalks and driveways), flowerbeds and landscaping. The landscaping work was extensive, including not only flowerbeds and mature shrubs but large trees, a sprinkler system, a rain collection system and more.











Photos Courtesy of Herman Torres

EMHE: Cats on a Hot Tin Roof

The beautiful design of the Marshall family’s Extreme home was complemented by a beautiful metal roof, installed by Quick Roofing. The decking started going up as soon as the framing was complete, followed by a fast installation of the metal roofing panels.

Photos Courtesy of apmDesign Photography - Adrien P. Maroney

Cops Hauling Rocks!

On Monday morning, 30 hours of framing was complete and next phase was well-underway, the installation of the exterior stone. A special volunteer team came to work on Monday with “Cops Hauling Rocks” – over 100 Dallas police officers helping masons set the stone in place for their injured co-worker, Officer Carlton Marshall.

Photos Courtesy of Herman Torres

Like a Giant Jigaw Puzzle - Up Goes the Framing!

Before the sun came up - the framing began.

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All Photography Courtesy of Herman Torres

Hot Concrete on a Hot Summer Night!

By the evening of July 11th, the foundation boards were set and the concrete was poured and finished. Many people have asked: "How can we build the home so quickly after the foundation was poured?" TXI donated a special concrete generally reserved for commercial applications called "quick set concrete." The concrete literally dries and cures within hours, which allowed us to continue work on the home without pause.

Photos Courtesy of apmDesign Photography - Adrien P. Maroney

Down Comes the Marshall House!

Between the Dallas SWAT Team and two giant bulldozers, the house was down in just a short time.

Photos Courtesy of apmDesign Photography - Adrien P. Maroney

Here Comes the Dallas SWAT!

On Saturday, July 11th, demolition of the Marshall home began - with the help of Carlton Marshall's co-workers, the Dallas SWAT Team! Storming the house with SWAT vehicles and full SWAT great, the demolition was a memorable start to construction of the Marshall's new "Extreme" home!

Photos Courtesy of apmDesign Photography - Adrien P. Maroney

Marshall Family - Here We Come!

On the afternoon of July 10th, the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" team, employees of Cheldan Homes and many volunteers marched to meet the Marshall Family in their existing home! It was a chance to meet the Marshall family before they left for a week's vacation in Disney land. Despite the 100+ degree heat, the team was excitied, willing and READY to bid the Marshall family farewell and get started on the Marshall's new "Extreme" home! Bring on the heat - we are ready!

Day 1 Extreme Makeover: Good Morning Marshall Family!

On July 10, the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and Cheldan Homes teams traveled to Lancaster, Texas, to meet the Carlton Marshall family! Carlton, who lost most of his mobility and all of his hearing after being shot while leading a Dallas Police Department SWAT team, and his wife Susan, an Irving police officer, learned their home would be rebuilt in seven days. The new home will solve rampant structural and accessibility issues and help the Marshalls continue their long-time volunteer work with TROT, a horseback riding therapy program for children and adults with mental and physical challenges.

Two years ago, Carlton was shot in the neck while serving a narcotics search warrant. Severe spinal cord damage was immediate, followed by hearing loss and a stroke. Today, rehabilitation has restored some of Carlton’s mobility but he is still primarily confined to a wheelchair. Health issues also affect the Marshalls’s young daughter Jessica who began having seizures about a month after Carlton was so severely wounded. The Marshall family, which also includes a young son Joseph, coped with these health problems in a house where snakes had infested the walls, attic, wiring and plumbing. Furthermore, the foundation of the house was sinking, and the septic system backed up on their lawn.

One week later, the Marshall family would return to a new "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" home built by Cheldan Homes!

WOW! Cheldan & Extreme Makeover!!

Only four short weeks ago, the Cheldan team met Conrad Ricketts, executive producer for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Wow! Our world has ROCKED ever since! In only four weeks, nearly 100 fantastic sponsors have offered to donate everything from concrete to roof trusses to gourmet meals for workers to bedding to wind generators... You can't being to imagine. The outpouring from north Texas has been incredible.

And ---- all for a family we don’t even know yet! Is Texas the best place in the world? You bet. Tune in on Friday, July 10th to find out the identity of our family. In the meantime, check out our website at http://www.extremecheldan.com/ to see how YOU can be part of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.