Progress... slow but sure.

This is what our house looked like in mid July. As you can tell it is a typical house built in the late 70's. The siding was aluminum with minimal trim. The reveal on the siding was only 4" which gave it a very dated look. The paint was the original and we made the mistake of pressure washing it after this photo was taken. It looked horrible! A few years back we had a contractor friend of mine replace the back deck and while he was at it we replaced the siding in the rear because it was in such poor shape. (aluminum dents easily). Finally we have decided to do the remaining ourselves.
The second and third photo were taken yesterday morning (Friday). This is what the neighbors saw for most of this last week. This is the left side and front with the aluminum removed, 1/2 inch plywood installed over the brown flake board and then house wrap stapled over the plywood. You can tell in the third photo that the lower part of the front is done but, the top half has not been touched. My wife's cousin came over and helped me all day yesterday to complete the front so that today we could start on the actual siding... it's all in the preparation!

This last picture shows the wife's two cousins slaving away while she supervises on the right. This was late in the afternoon today. We installed the trim and drip cap on the bottom and corners. Then we trimmed out the windows with brick mold. After all of that the actual siding can be seen installed. The wife's two cousins along with her mother (she watched the boy and made dinner) were invaluable today. Without them we certainly would not be where we are with this project. Tomorrow we are really going to push to have the front done and try to see if we can get a few more pieces put up on the left hand side.


We are seeking energetic able-bodied workers. If you aren't doing anything on Sunday and you have just been dying to help install siding - COME ON BY! Tomorrow it's all you can eat Shrimp!