Siding presentation

Millie was not feeling up to helping today.

What can I say other than she needs her rest. lmao

Mike took the first day and put up all the J-channel. Its the little red trim you see in the photo. For all of you who do not speak carpenter. lol

Lots of things to trim around.

The second day he started to put up the siding itself.

We got all the siding finished by the end of the third day.

Mike also got the last little piece of the deck finished. We had to wait to do this piece until after the siding was put up. You can see what I am talking about int he next photo. It is the piece between the house and the stairs. It will also be nice when they get the guttering put back in place.

Mike is doing some last minute touches. All that remains is to reset the light fixtures. The exterior of the family room portion of the house is finished. Yes it is in desperate need of some landscaping and not to mention a walkway in front of the door.

Mike also put back up the board at the end of the eave.

We had a nice crew working today on painting the trim work. Throughout the day we had; Jr and Amy, Me and Honey, Chrissy, Blue, Cat and of course our handyman Mike. We painted almost half the house today. The rest of the painting will have to wait a bit. I am too busy to go back up anytime soon, but if a day arrives, we will finish before winter. Jr is also replacing the top three windows. They desperately need some work but I want them to keep the same style.

I only see one thing that needs to happen in this photo. That is to trim out the vent above the light. I hate how the screen is just stapled on the vent with all the rough screen edges showing. Not very Martha Stewart. LOL

Oh, did I mention, we also need clean up the porch/yard.

Painting up under those eaves was a nightmare. OMG It will look less awkward when the guttering goes back up and the brick is repaired.

The painting we have left. The upper west side. The east and west side of the bunk room roof. We need to finish the upper southeast side. And we have the entire upper south side, but pending the window installation. The concrete man will hopefully be there this next week and I am also hoping to have a day next week that I can get up there and finish the painting. Keep you fingers crossed, or better yet if your able to get up there and do some stroking, by all means. lol

Last day before siding

We started today by ripping off what will hopefully be the last of the rotted boards. We also added some 2 x 4's on the bottom of each opening.

Jr looking like a carpenter. lol

This is how Chrissy works. lmao

Now that looks much better, minus my finger covering the lens. lol

Time for the blue board to go up. Again.

Voila.

Chrissy got the fascia painted.

Is it not amazing how a little paint can transform things.

This keeps looking better and better. I can't wait to do a before and after.

Once I get the eaves painted, all the painting around the carport/family room will be finished. It is exciting to know that by the end of this week, this outside part of the house will be finished. Jr is putting the last of the paint on the fascia.

A blue day

In trying to keep cost down for Jr we started putting up the insulation sheathing. I call it blue board, its easier to remember. lol I don't think our handyman will mind missing out on this cold day. The wind was making us crazy also. It kept trying to blow our blue board away.

I think we did a pretty good job if I do say so myself. She is sealed up tighter than a frogs OOPS.

This was the smallest and easiest wall to finish. However over by the chimney was a pain in the A$$.

This was and is the side I was dreading. Chrissy looks a little nervous with the ladders. lol

This gives you a good idea of how much we got accomplished today.

And of course it wouldn't be the same if we didn't run across some badly rotted boards. After removing the remaining old barn siding today we realized that some boards needed to go. It was so late in the day at this point we decided to start again tomorrow. We only had about two hours of daylight left and needed to go to the lumber yard again. ugh It is suppose to be nice tomorrow, thank god, and hopefully we can finish and get to painting. OMG if we can get everything painted that the vinyl siding will be next to, it will be awesome.

Another Butch Day

We had our handyman today to help us out. Yeah. To the untrained eye you might think this is the same photo that I posted yesterday. It is not. The boards are now level and square. It was definitely good that we worked on this yesterday, we just needed to adjust a few of the boards today.

The soffit is starting to go up.

Voila. It will look much better when painted.

Mike is admiring our work. I sure he is thinking I am an amazing assistant. lol

I pulled the old fascia board down. It was a mess as you recall.

Then I discovered this hideous problem. More rotten wood. OMFG Will it ever end. lol

Out with the old, in with the new.

I wanted to have one continuous board going across here, but it was not meant to be. Apparently the two sides of the chimney are not level for starters. It looks as if the right side is a sagging mess, I assure you it is not it only appears that way in the photo.

This is still under construction. If you recall it looked like the number 7 made of two by fours to support this eave. I knew that installing the vinyl siding was going to be a problem if it was not addressed. This is our solution. As I said its not complete but you get the idea.

This gives a good idea of what is going on thus far. A touch more of the old barn siding to remove and its going to be time for the siding. Now if I can have Mother Nature to help me with my endeavors I might be able to get some paint on the trim before hand. Not looking promising when I hear the weather forecast. Damn winter.

I can't wait until all this debris is removed. Would it really pain me to put away the shovels and things? lmao

Attempt at soffit repair

OK so this is a complete mess. We finally got the gutter people to come back and take down the guttering. Why anyone would attach new guttering to this board is beyond me.


So as I was in the middle of my butch morning ripping down rotten boards, I run across this. at least it was too cold for the wasps to attack. I had plenty of time to get the spray. And Poof.

I realize she does not look like much at the moment. But all this will be hidden under the soffit. That's what I keep telling myself.

The good news is that I have a carpenter coming tomorrow. Hopefully he can make it all work. I know it looks a wreck but it is very sturdy. I'll give it that.

Fall garden happenings.

This is the Euonymus tree my aunt gave me. I need to move it to the front yard. It won't get very large and it could use some more sun. This reminds me that I need to check on when and if I can prune her.

I need to bring this baby Gerber Daisy inside.

Some of the Mums I bought last year came back.

This pink Aster came from my Aunt. She told me that the originally were my great grandfathers. I will give them better attention in the future.

I love the fall colors of this Little Princess Spirea next to the Variegated Hydrangea.

After being eaten many times throughout the summer, this Ipomea is holding her own.

The leaves of this Castor plant are huge.

She is about 8 feet tall.

The north pond.

The fall colors of the oak leaf hydrangea.

This Forsythia is bouncing back.