19 Oct 08 Siding progresses.. with a few diversions

The plan for October was to get the exterior cladding completed prior to hard core winter. This is mostly getting siding hanging on the sides of the house. Alex got a good start during summer but we put that on hold prepping the interior. So I have jumped in and tackled the rest... the higher parts generally. Some MUCH higher.

I started with the south side of the house as this is the highest portions, the furthest from tools, has the most obstructions and worst underlying terrain... all in all the hardest to side by far. I have also taken a couple side projects to run electricity out to the garage (and gas too while I am at it) and needed to stain the cedar where we are siding parts of the upper house in cedar shingles.

So the photos appearing in order are the south side sided almost to the belly board (band of trim that runs around the house), a couple photos of the cedar staining operations and closing with a trench picture.