It's been a year or so since we started putting the siding on the house. After lots of other projects hit the top of our "to do" list, installing the siding finally came up again. We had installed everything we could safely reach from ladders and our little mini scaffold last summer but had stopped when we realized that we needed to rent proper scaffolding to finish it up.
We bit the bullet and called Rogers Rental, one of our clients, and picked up several sections of the good stuff. Starting last weekend we worked on the back of the house. It is the tallest and largest area that had yet to be done so seemed like a good place to start. Now, when I say, "siding", I'm really talking about all the operations needed to install not only the Certainteed fibre cement board, but also all the trim around the windows and other penetrations. This includes metal drip mouldings that need to be there to meet the requirements of the Building Code. Yes, that darn building code thingy again! I have to thank Jon Eakes and his excellent website and video showing exactly how to fold the tin properly to create the required drip mouldings. I find that it takes longer to perform the trimming operations than to actually install the fibre cement siding. All the little fiddly operations force me to climb up and down the scaffold cutting this piece or that to fit the particular area I'm working on. When you add to that all the wasps that we have out here this year, the gusting wind that seems to pop up every time I'm doing anything remotely scary almost 3 floors above the ground, or just the sheer weight of all the boards, I seem to be sweating from the moment I start in the morning until after supper when we finally pack it in for the day! It's definitely not what I would call "comfortable" work!
I do most of the "high" work but Carol has been awesome when I need the extra hands or eyes. She was right there when we were installing the highest part at the back of the house. I know she was way out of her comfort zone, but she did and went wherever we needed her to be. Well done, Carol! When she wasn't up on the scaffolds, she was pulling weeds, cleaning up the giant trash pile behind the house, organizing all the materials or preparing lunches or snacks and drinks. She is an excellent "helper" and I couldn't do it without her.
We bit the bullet and called Rogers Rental, one of our clients, and picked up several sections of the good stuff. Starting last weekend we worked on the back of the house. It is the tallest and largest area that had yet to be done so seemed like a good place to start. Now, when I say, "siding", I'm really talking about all the operations needed to install not only the Certainteed fibre cement board, but also all the trim around the windows and other penetrations. This includes metal drip mouldings that need to be there to meet the requirements of the Building Code. Yes, that darn building code thingy again! I have to thank Jon Eakes and his excellent website and video showing exactly how to fold the tin properly to create the required drip mouldings. I find that it takes longer to perform the trimming operations than to actually install the fibre cement siding. All the little fiddly operations force me to climb up and down the scaffold cutting this piece or that to fit the particular area I'm working on. When you add to that all the wasps that we have out here this year, the gusting wind that seems to pop up every time I'm doing anything remotely scary almost 3 floors above the ground, or just the sheer weight of all the boards, I seem to be sweating from the moment I start in the morning until after supper when we finally pack it in for the day! It's definitely not what I would call "comfortable" work!
I do most of the "high" work but Carol has been awesome when I need the extra hands or eyes. She was right there when we were installing the highest part at the back of the house. I know she was way out of her comfort zone, but she did and went wherever we needed her to be. Well done, Carol! When she wasn't up on the scaffolds, she was pulling weeds, cleaning up the giant trash pile behind the house, organizing all the materials or preparing lunches or snacks and drinks. She is an excellent "helper" and I couldn't do it without her. 
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