Sunday, December 1, 2013

Finally the Siding Team takes over

I had visions of showing up mid-day after working at the high school and the West side would be done.  Seems reasonable, right?  OK so they needed a little more time to finish! When I arrived mid-day on Wednesday great progress had been made. Mark, Paul and Ray were quite the team.  Mark and Paul hung the siding while Ray cut the hardy boards. And by the end of the day it looked like this:

End of Day One (Wednesday) with the Crew

From the backyard
I was raking leaves and I forgot to get pictures while they were working! Oops.

Another few hours on Thursday and the West side was complete

Next the scaffolding came down and was moved to the east side.  

Paul up on the scaffolding with Mark; Ray on the ground (sorry they are so small)
They didn't really need me to help so I was raking leaves again in the back yard and occasionally I would run and get a tool or some supplies or I would hand a board up to Mark and Paul while Ray cut another one.  As it got dark at the end of the day (Thursday), they had sided up to the bottom of the window. 

Ray wasn't available to help us on Friday so I got to be part of the team.  Yipee!.  Mark and I hung the siding while Paul cut it and handed it up to us.  The sun was out, the sky was clear so it really wasn't that bad that it was only in the 30s. The house protected us from the wind as well. Our goal was to get these two areas done by the end of the day.  An ambitious goal but what good is a goal if you don't have to work hard for it!  Here's our day in pictures.


Paul bringing a board up to us

Getting started Friday morning

Cutting out "stuff" that was in the way on the bottom of the soffit
I looked forward to Mark hiring a crew to side the parts that were way up high because I really don't like being so far up on the ladders and I really didn't want to be up on the scaffolding.  So much for that.  This was my view when I looked down:

Peering down at the cutting station
It was one thing to be standing on the planks on the scaffolding but for Mark that wasn't good enough.  It's a little hard to see what is really happening in the photo below but Mark needed to reach up to the peak to measure and he couldn't do it while standing on the plank.  So he climbed up the side of the scaffolding and straddled it.  You won't catch me balancing like that! Yikes.  If only Mark was 6 inches taller.

Daredevil!

My view from the TOP!
When there was a break in the hanging action I had some time to stand up and gaze around the neighborhood.  It was rather pretty but I never thought I would have the opportunity to see the street from the back of my house (without being on the roof). If you look closely you can see Dixie and her friend, Lucy, crossing the street.

Looking at the neighbor to the East.

Watching Paul cut small pieces.  I was a bit slow to catch him holding the board with his FOOT. I guess you can do that when you are 6 foot 5 inches.


Almost done.  Two more pieces to go.

Paul handing the last piece up to us.

The last TINY piece.

Couple more nails and we are done with the EAST side.
Next task, move the scaffolding again!  We have the high part on the back of the garage to do next.  By the time we got it all moved it started getting dark and we were tired.  The parts are heavy so taking them down and putting them up again is hard work. It's not so bad with multiple people but still it is draining. And I find it scary moving those awkward shaped things way up high.  I was glad Paul was there to help us.  He lifted them like they were feathers. 

Next up Saturday and a new crew of three.  My brother Tim, Mark and I would tackle this next area.

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