Overall: Happy New Year ! !
Kyle and I got underway with exterior siding installation. For the second week in a row – I took the weekend off with family visiting.
Monday: Stayed home all day – still very cold from the winterstorm that rocked most of the nation over Christmas.
Tuesday: Got started installing exterior siding. We are going with a vinyl product, made to resemble board & batten. Unlike dutch lap vinyl siding that is installed horizontally, the board and batten product is installed vertically. Lots of time consuming trim must go on the top and botom of the wall and surround each window and door opening, before the first piece of siding can be nailed up.
Wednesday: Working on the northeast wall today since the weather is dry. It’s really muddy from the melted snow, but the temperature is tolerable.
Thursday: Working on the southeast corner of the house today. Similar weather to Wednesday. Weatherman is calling for rain tomorrow, so we have saved the front porch for Friday.
Friday: almost completed the east wall of the house – see this week’s picture. I’m estimating we are 40% completed with house siding. Great progress as both Kyle and I had a learning curve on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Saturday: Travis, Lynn and the boys are visiting Bloomington over the weekend, so I am taking the weekend off.
Sunday: Same as Saturday. Starting Monday; I need to get out of bed earlier so I can get started on the house earlier. The last 4 windows for the west wall of the house are supposed to be delivered in 3 weeks. I have a list of tasks that need to be completed before we have insulation placed in the walls and ceilings. The goal is to have the chore list completed a day (or 2) before the windows arrive, and the insulation crew on site, the day after we install windows.
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