Time to upgrade that Tyvek house wrap! Siding weekend is finally here... and we couldn't have asked for better weather. You may recall in a previous post that we liked the cedar lap and gap for the siding, but we also wanted something to break up the boxy feel. After installing the roof, we really liked the look of the roofing material and wanted more people to see the pretty "Deep River Blue." So we decided to use it as siding as well. The cedar will cover the two short sides of the trailer, the driver side of the trailer (back of the house) will be all metal siding, and the passenger side of the trailer (the front of the house) will be both metal siding and cedar. The metal will be centered on the door and stretch to the center of the windows beside it.
In case you don't know, putting the siding up is a fairly big job (depending on who you ask) and we were hoping to get it all done in a three day weekend (Friday to Sunday). So we enlisted some help. Drew's Dad, Rick, flew down Thursday evening and Drew had Friday off. So they would be ready to pick up the material Friday morning (thanks Ray for letting us use your trailer!) and get started on the siding the same day.
We also had a family friend, Craig, volunteer his weekend to come down and help. Craig and his van full of tools arrived just as Drew and his dad returned with the siding material.
So after a half day of work on Friday we finished the forward short side of the trailer and the cedar just around the corner from it as you can see from the pictures below.
Friday we also placed some of the trim for the metal siding on the driver side of the trailer (back of the house). We quickly learned that the cedar goes up faster than the metal. It was also interesting that with the metal you had to put the trim up first before the panels. Below aren't the best pictures of the metal trim, but it's there (look around the windows). Also the wheel wells made for some interesting trim angles.
Friday night we had even more help arrive. Drew's brother, Nathan, was able to make it down to "help" (aka sling drinks) for the weekend.
Abbie and her sisters, Statia and Grace, also made it in Friday night. Abbie had to work Friday and Statia and Grace were coming home for spring break after class.
We already said that the metal siding went a lot slower than the wood (and you can tell by the relative progress). This was because it was much more tedious to work with and required significantly more planning, illustrated by the picture below of us discussing how we were going to attack the cuts. We did break a little early Saturday to enjoy the great company and beautiful weather.
Which meant we hoped to finish on Sunday, but knew that Drew and Rick were able to work Monday if needed. We started and got into the zone on finally hanging the metal panels. It was all hands on deck, so no one was taking pictures of the progress until later in the day. Here are a few celebratory pictures of us hanging up the last bit of the driver's side siding.
If you are keeping count of the sides, then you've figured out that we didn't get the siding finished on Sunday. Going into Monday we still had to install most of the metal trim and all of the metal paneling on the passenger side of the trailer (the front of the house). Drew was able to take of work and Rick didn't fly back until Tuesday morning. With the team whittled down to two, they finally got the last of the siding up. Rosey Leigh is really looking pretty now!
At the end of fours days, all we lack are some touch ups, caulking on the metal siding and of course we still need to stain the cedar siding. All of which will wait for another weekend. Next up is finally finish the plumbing and starting the electrical.
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