April 6, 2023
Cassandra Gillespie

Kala Framing Team Moves Forward on Prairie Village High Performance House

Kala Framing Team Makes Moves at the Prairie Village Custom Home

We are making headway on the High Performance Home in Prairie Village, Kansas. Last week six it took six of our team members plus a lot of coffee and bagels to move this large wall into place.

Thats a BIG wall.

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