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Group of friends pitch in to build a new home in their spare time

(Photos Provided) A group of friends who call themselves Hardly Able Construction had the accessible home being built for Mike Heiss in Beverly started Saturday and got the walls and roof up.
(Photos Provided) The walls started going up on Saturday for Mike Heiss’ new home in Beverly. His friends, in the group they call Hardly Able Construction, have helped each other for 30 years and are building Heiss’ home.
(Photos Provided) From left, Alex Curry and Dean Lang work on the rafters of Mike Heiss’ new accessible home.
(Photos Provided) Mike Heiss
(Photos Provided) Among members of Hardly Able Construction are, from left, on the ground, Kevin Joyce, Pat Huck, Dillon Hart, Scott Hart, Tim McCoy, Andy Cooper, Jeff Schilling, Dana Dietz and Mike Heiss. On the roof are Alex Curry, Brian Law, Brian Spindler and Dustin Schilling.
(Photos Provided) Rhett “Man” Heiss is the foreman for Hardly Able Construction, a group of friends who have helped each other for 30 years, which is building a home for his grandfather, Mike Heiss.

BEVERLY — A group that has helped each other for 30 years is helping build an accessible home for a friend who had a stroke.

Nicknamed Hardly Able Construction, with the slogan “Nothing right, but the price,” the group is building the home in Beverly for Mike Heiss, who owned Heiss Hardwood.

Working from the concrete slab, the group started Aug. 9 and had much of the walls and roof completed in a day. They work on the home when they are off from their regular jobs.

Volunteers over the years learned construction, masonry, electrical, plumbing and cabinet making, among other trades. Their wives provide the food.

Among Hardly Able Construction volunteers on Saturday were Pat Huck, Rob Smith, Kevin Joyce, Scott and Dylan Hart, Dustin and Jeff Schilling, Tim McCoy, Andy Cooper, Dana Dietz, Brian Spindler, Brian Law, Alex Curry, Dean Lang, Nick Heiss and Rhett “Man” Heiss, Christy Litler, Susie Joyce, Carma Schilling, Tammy Farmer, Dorothy Huck, Dee Harper and Paula Lang. Huck is Heiss’ mother and Rhett is his grandson.

Starting at $2.99/week.

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