8-27-11

Jeff started the last major project to satisfy the C of O requirements. With all the climbing up and down and custom cutting each board, he only got the first six up. We hope to finish this over Labor Day Weekend.

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9-2-11

It doesn't look like we're going to finish the siding over the holiday weekend. This is just a slow, labor-intensive process, with each board having to be hauled up the scaffolding, custom cut for a nice-looking fit against the top log, urethaned on the cut ends, and screwed in place. Jeff spent today putting up the rest of the boards on the east half of the wall.

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9-3-11

Jeff got a few boards on the west half done today, but eventually had to quit after running out of stained boards. Most of the east half was done with leftover stained boards from when we did the front wall. More boards were stained tonight so they'd be dry for tomorrow. Jillena's family arrived this evening to help out the rest of the weekend.

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9-4-11

More progress on the west half today.

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9-7-11

It was back to the siding project for Jeff today. All the boards are up and a few more batten strips.

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9-9-11

More batten strips got put up today until we ran out of longer pieces that were stained. So, Jeff laid out a few more inside and got them stained.

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9-10-11

DONE! The gable siding is in the books!

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9-16-11

The back of the house looks much different now, with the siding finished and the scaffolding torn down. Inside, we hung our first interior door.

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