Labor day labors

Well, we closed out the three day weekend with a solid day of work, and got another wall done. We'd hoped to have both sections of wall done, but that wasn't to be. We ran into a little snag when I realized I couldn't just carry the heights of the clapboard through from the front walls to the back, as there was a near 2" discrepancy. When two walls come together, a mismatch of a half an inch isn't very noticable, but if the bottom of one run is off by more than an inch or so with the wall next to it, it doesn't look great. So, I had to figure out where all of the existing stuff lined up, then figure out how to adjust in order to make it all visually close.

Well, I didn't really describe that well... basically I had to figure out how to adjust for my previous lack of planning, so it doesn't look too bad. The delay was worth it, though, as I figured out how to make everything work.

However, the delay also meant that we weren't done with the rearmost wall until after 8pm! The other wall still needs to have the window casing and trim stripped, then add the tarpaper and siding. Hopefully we can have all of that done in one day next weekend.

Realizing that there is no time during the day that the sun isn't shining on the front of the house, we've also agreed that we're not going to bother with redoing the front wall of the second floor (the last one!) until the weather gets cooler. That means after we finish the second floor bumpout, it'll be time to move back inside. Next step in there, demolition of the area around the steps on the second floor. We're not planning on doing anything there at the moment, but since we can't effectively block it off from the first floor, we need to do that demo now, or deal with a finished first floor covered in plaster dust later!