Well, the southern side of the house IS DONE! Once I finished the kitchen wing of that side, I moved on to the main chunk of the house.
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Of course there had to be sill rot in this area, which I cut out and repaired with pressure treated lumber. I always wondered why there was a slight dip in the floor in that corner and a massively cold draft in the basement there. No more.
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On to the old siding, along with the window I had to remove from the dining room. This was properly framed in and then covered temporarily (but this would prove to be a few years) with plywood. UGLY!!!
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Tyvek went on with appropriate furring strips atop the studs to provide an air gap for the siding to be able to dry out if need be. Siding primed on all 6 sides.
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Starting to look a little better. Below you can see the only original piece of siding...underneath the meter. I actually pulled the board off, meter attached, to get the tyvek underneath. Don't tell on me!
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On to the second floor, and here's where the pump jacks were a godsend.
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Attic level had it's own unique challenges...Mainly that the scraping of the eaves took ages and the peak needed to be done with me standing on a milk crate on the pick, as the pick couldn't get any higher than under the eave returns.
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And finally....months behind schedule, but intensely proud of the end result...I finished on November 16th.
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Now on to the next project....finally....the gas fireplace in the parlour!