keep on siding July 28-29

Well we brought up 12 more pieces and spent a good part of Sunday and Saturday putting up siding. Had to work the brick mold on the windows so we can side around them.

Need to figure out how to end the siding. Do I want a trim board or just a cut piece to go at the top here.

Also got the downstairs bedroom cleaned out and the mattress is now in its room. Wall will go up in a jiffy so we can wire it up. Purchased the box for the oven wiring and can hook that up as well now. Hot biscuits in the morning!!!

Really want to paint the walls now. I like the blue for the siding.

Weather was fantastic, warm but not screaming hot like other weeks this year. Went swimming and biking with the kids. We did hotdogs on the campfire out back.

July 21-22 Hot as blazes

Another hot summer day, really not complaining just noting it REALLY slows down progress in the heat.

This is a Pileated Woodpecker, considered rare. It is the largest woodpecker in the USA. We got two of them working the squirrel tree this weekend. And what a cool call they have, They were "laughing" in the morning.

This is a color test to see how I like the color choice for the siding. I like it a lot. Most of the houses are brown, beige or white so this will really stand out.

Need more room so we worked on the platform to hold the wall oven up in the kitchen space. We should be able to wire it up and use it next trip or so. This is under the stairs in the hall closet.

Sunday was warm and after lunch/church we all decided to take a nap. And we did for 2 hours. Too hot to work since what is being done was right in the beating sun. I owe the kids a trip to the beach, we had to cut short due to work issues.

Foam insulation is coming. Get ready probably in September we will be foaming the roof and working to get the walls sealed up. There will be another 20 pieces of siding heading up next week and then we will need to make sure we have the wires in the walls ready for foam. That requires a trip under the house. Yuck.

Person stopped by on Saturday who says he grew up in house. Gave him the tour and had a nice visit.

July 14th siding begins

Well the siding project began, we trucked up 20 pieces of LP SMartside and began to install it. Our Jr. Architect was in charge of level as we installed each level.

This was 10 pieces installed right before a quickee rain storm that halted work for the day. We need to do the brick mold around the window for the next piece.

Hank being funny.... He jumped into the bed to tell me it was time to "eat". Hunter joined in the "fun" yikes!

Next day we worked on the south wall, got about 8 pieces run before we hit the window.

Jr. Carpenter adding caulk to seal the nails before we install the next run of siding.

It was hot again, really soars on temps, we all went swimming to cool off. Too hot to even cook much.