What Have You Got Yourself Into? Files Part II

 In our prior post we mentioned the siding project that is ongoing at the Genuine Faux Farm farmhouse and we thought people might enjoy seeing some of the "progress." 

 The East side is the first side to get torn off of the house.  As we mentioned, there is an asphalt and particle board shingle-type siding that was placed over lap siding.  The outer layer has been taking on moisture and has to go.  It is far easier to take that stuff off first, so we strip what we can of that off, often being able to just pull it off with much help from tools.

And in case you want to know - yes, my shoulders are now sore.

 There was some thought that the cedar lap siding might be in reasonable shape.  There were patches that were pretty good, but far too many patches like this.  Other areas had badly cupped siding and yet other area had other problems.  That means our decision to strip it down to the underlayment was a good one.  Also, the timing was right to address the problem.  Too many more years as it was and we would have many much bigger problems to deal with.

And here we are on the East side with no lap siding on everything we could reach with the scaffolding in its current position.  There were, in fact, a few places that needed repair under the windows and at the corner on the left.  Otherwise, the underlayment was in pretty good shape. 

That is a huge relief!  So far, this has also held true for the North side of the house as well, with even smaller areas needing repair.  We do not hold out the same hope for the South side - but we shall see.

And here is a sample of what is to come.  Tammy and I get to do the tear off and Duncan Home Services get to do the making it look nice part.  Here's hoping the weather allows us to keep plugging along on it as we enter the new year!

As of today (Dec 26), there is siding about halfway up the East side.  We have taken off the two layers of siding more than halfway up the North side and the outer layer of siding halfway up the West side.  It is actually nice to be able to expend some energy fixing up our dwelling.  But, never fear!  We did some farm work today too!