WEST FARMINGTON — Volunteers are needed to swing a hammer, wield a paint brush or bring a casserole to the second building bee at the Farmington Grange this Sunday.

The project’s goal is to set up a commercial community kitchen with walk-in coolers and winterize the 19th Century building so it is available as a year-round farmers market and as a facility where growers can prepare and preserve their products for the market or the home.

The work day will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Grange Hall on Bridge Street in West Farmington but any hours volunteers can put in would be appreciated, say organizers. People are asked to bring hand tools, if they have them, and/or a dish to share for the potluck lunch to be hosted by members of the Grange.

About two dozen volunteers helped out in August for the first building bee that focused on building walls for the walk-in coolers, working on the foundation, and repairing the siding.

On Sunday, tasks will include building and installing high-efficiency, low-cost, double-frame storm window panels, painting, attaching wallboard, and continuing interior work from the last work session in August, according to Grange spokesman Richard Marble.

Nancy Teel and volunteers from the Community Energy Challenge, a project of the United Way of the Tri-Valley, have been building storm window inserts with Grange members and about half are done and ready to be put up, Teel said Tuesday.

These panels fit into the inside of a window frame and are easily removed for the summer. A 3-by-5-foot window insert costs $16 per panel for materials, a cost that a homeowner or renter would quickly recoup by reducing their heating bills, Teel said.

“On Sunday, we will teach people how to build the panels and install them. We will have wood frames that have already been measured and cut, and volunteers will learn how to put on the plastic film, shrink-wrap them, and put them up,” she said.

She wants people to see how doable the panels are to make and encourages those interested to sign up for a free, United Way-sponsored workshop on Oct. 16 in Farmington offered through the Franklin County Adult Education. A link to a video showing the process can be viewed at the United Way website, www.uwtva.org, by clicking on “volunteer opportunities” on the left side of the page.

To date, the Grange Hall has been largely insulated and rewired, the plaster ceiling in the main hall repaired, some foundation work done, the old furnace and duct work removed and replaced with a pellet stove, and an energy audit completed with the assistance of Western Maine Community Action.

For more information, call Nancy Teel at 670-5228 or Richard Marble at 491-6166