I so want this siding job to be done so despite the forecast for rain all day on Saturday (11/16) we were on the job by 9 in the morning. Tim was coming to help so Mark and I got an early start to set up the cutting station and get out the tools. I made sure I got the radio to energize us to keep going. It was tuned to a country station which made Tim threaten to jump from the scaffolding! Guess we'll have to listen to 80's headbangers next time.
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| Look what was in our neighbors' tree as we were driving into the Comet neighborhood. |
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| Oh soooo close. We had to stop working because it was raining too hard. |
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| Only two more courses to go. |
The rain cleared by Sunday so Mark and I headed back once more. We finished up the back side and moved on.
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| Back all done. It will look so nice when it's painted. |
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| Next up - the high part left on the garage. |
After we finished the side we had to move the scaffolding one more time. Many thanks to our neighbor, Steve Kane (also known as Lucy's dad) for helping us take the scaffolding down in the back.
Mark and I worked on Sunday to get some rows done and then Ray came on Monday (11/18) to help us do more. Here are the results:
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| Mark using the level to draw nail lines so we knew where the studs were located. |
We had to mark lines all over the wrap as we worked our way around the house. It became a common part of our language to say "you're losing your lines" and then one of us would extend them. We really are starting to have our own language so if we are talking to you and aren't making any sense, please let us know.
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| It was close but we finished by dark |
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| Entire East side is now done |
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| Only part of the back remains to be completed |
With three days to go till we were scheduled to leave for NY to see the kids for Thanksgiving, we pressed on so that we could finish before we left.
On to the back. On Tuesday morning, I went to work and Mark headed to the house to figure out how we would proceed. We had left off at a point were some metal trim needed to be installed on the soffit (I forget what it is called and I am not sure why it wasn't already there). Of course, we couldn't find the exact thing we needed so we had to buy a flat piece of metal, cut it and bend it then install it. We did that then we were able to put in a couple of course of siding till we ran into the area where the upper deck will be installed. It was getting dark so we called it a day.
Wednesday morning we got to work tackling the deck area. We needed to put in a ledger board but first we had to take out the old siding (the white stuff with the vertical lines on it in the picture below) and foam that was behind it. With that done the 2 x 10 ledger board could be installed.
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| Mark admiring his demo work - ready to put in the ledger board. |
Once that was done we moved on to putting up more siding. It wasn't the best day for working outside but we didn't let a little snow stop us.
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| Snow piled up on our material but we just to blew it off |
I have to admit I was freezing all morning even though I had 5 layers on. I couldn't believe how I just couldn't warm up. My hands were hurting, they were so cold. We went to lunch at DQ (5 buck lunch) - I know - not our smartest choice on a cold day but it was warm in the restaurant. I got a call from my boss for my other part-time job and had to run to Hightower to do something on my computer. I took advantage of the trip over there to put on a wool sweater - so I had on a tank top, a short sleeved t-shirt, long sleeve t-shirt, sweater, sweatshirt and jacket. I thought "perhaps this will help me be a little warmer". I was never so happy as when I went back after lunch. I could not believe how much warmer I was with my turtleneck sweater. Guess it will have to become part of my "uniform" till we get this siding job done.
We continued on till dark, cleaned up and then worked on it some more on Thursday. I only had a few hours available after working at the high school however. We made progress but didn't get done. We are up to the windows but I didn't get a picture. We will get back on it after we get back from our much needed thanksgiving break.
Hope all is well in MN and that you all had a nice Thanksgiving. Be back soon and I will update more. The forecast doesn't look promising for outside work but we are determined to finish. Maybe only 2 more days to go, maybe more......
(too tired to proof read - hope it makes sense)
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