Beware the siding removal monster
Early progress
Peeling away the metal trim
Vinyl mostly gone
Prepped for battle
Pry pry pry
Inspecting the remnants of the original sill
Original wood siding, looking pretty good
Front porch unwrapped
Side done
Action in the backyard
Rounding the corner
Water heater, free at last
Bonus window
Front, now vinyl-free
Growing debris pile
Last of the vinyl gone
Prepping to make a mess
Blackberries under cover
The peak of the trash pile
Removing the metal cladding over the window trim
Suiting up for battle
It's not quite as tall as I'd like
Ready for the spacewalk
Stacy in gear
Maing some good progress
Front porch
Former front door
Pry bar ninja
Peeling off the tarpaper
Things get a little janky behind the water heater
Rehydrating the hidden veggies
West side, mostly clear
Scary prowler alert
Front, almost clear
Final pieces, coming down
Bagging and boxing
West side, clear!
Front, clear!
Water heater, temporarily relocated
What remains of the platform
Clearing out the old junk
Old porch light
New porch light
Laundry room, exposed
Old gas line, with patch
A few intruding vines in the wall
Somebody's nest
Column stripped
Cross-bracing
Nice and solid now
Cleaned up and reinforced
Beware a woman with a SawzAll
Bye bye, useless column
Disassembly in action
Reconstructed, and actually connected to the top and bottom
Insulating the laundry room
Making the wedges
Almost fully insulated
A few more pieces
Doing a test fit
Fully assembled tapered column
View from inside
New nail gun testing
East side, stripped of split boards
Some new siding on the wall!
One side down (except for the porch, which is its own unique construction)
Removing the old
Former nest, removed from the wall
A surprise tail in the wall
The owner of said tail
Releasing the beast
Scampering off (cuter in person than in the picture, actually)
West side, deconstructed
Front, also featuring morning glory vines
West side, patched up
West, opposite side of the chimney
North wall, trimmed of split boards
Hacking out the post
New electrical
Romex running from the box
New line out to the garage
Patched up bathroom wall
West side, substructure in place
Calculating the angles
Fun with geometry
Bottom rungs secure
Only simpler angles from here on up
Dodging around the drain pipe
Up up and away
Almost to the top
Where the foundation settling converges
Naked front porch
Siding replaced
Top board in place
Siding done, except what's blocked on the new kitchen window
Bits and gun
Column cap
Coming through
A few more hiding vines
Trying the new router
Affixing the window trim
Fully restored, awaiting paint
Almost done with the back trim
Outgoing dining room windows
Old kitchen window
New kitchen window!
New dining room windows
House ready for the final bits of siding
Office window installed
Old school counterweights
Trim swap in progress
New bedroom window trim
Approaching the halfway point with the concrete anchors
Cool under pressure
Awake but not moving
West and south walls done
Working on the north wall
Siding after the end of Saturday
Stacking up!
The easy section
More garage progress
Some foamy trim boards
Pulley system, gummed up
Garage about 2/3 of the way done
Primed in green
Back mostly primed as well
Green in front!
South and west walls
All green in back too
Empty cans
First coat of trim paint
John finishes up the west side
Getting close in the front
Mom gets ready to supervise
Another set of boards
Modest progress on the corner
The pile grows
Ready to close things out
Alley-side, nearly complete
Note the color difference between the new boards (left) and previously attached boards (right)
So close...
Ready for the last siding board
Affixing the last trim piece
Done adding boards, and Tesla approved!
Prepping for stain
Soaking up the morning sun
Old garage roof gone!
John working on the sanding while Tesla supervises
Gutter, stain, and painted door
Gutters on the house
Full coat on the garage
Back door trimmed out
Reglazed mailbox
Front porch
Southwest corner
Southwest corner
Office window and back to the garage
Garage alley entrance
North wall of the garage
Redwood grain
Northeast corner
New gutters and downspouts
Deck side of the garage
West wall and fake chimney
North wall
Back entry
Dining room replacement windows
Living room replacement window
Office replacement window
Kitchen replacement window
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