On Veteran's Day, it's time for me to remember and honor those who have served our country - especially Jim (Air Force), my dad (Air Force) and Jim's dad (Merchant Marines). And to all veterans - a huge thank you!
It was a very blustery day - there were wind warnings out with gusts up to 45 mph. Those fierce winds made the temperature feel bitter. We hit our high temperature early in the morning and it went down from there. The "feels like" temperature never got above the low 30s. Plus, we had spits of snow on/off during the afternoon so that made it feel even colder!
Unfortunately, the west wall is probably the worst area to be working - it gets the wind from all directions.
I had to run to Home Depot to pick up some electrical supplies and do a few errands. By the time I got to the property around lunchtime, Jim had gotten lots of details worked out. All of the extra titanium wrap was just kind of balled up near the wall - he had to do a lot of work on the house wrap and roof coverings to make everything flat and tucked in.
Then, he had to determine whether or not the lines of the siding that he is currently working on would match up with the other side. If you've been following along, you know that we started putting siding on the very back corner of the house, then carried those lines to the back of the west wall. Then we used the laser level to project the lines on the back of the carriage house around to the front. So the chances of doing the entire front, moving around to the west wall and having everything line up is not real great. Jim needed to know now if he needed to make any adjustments so that he would have time to do that. But when he got it figured out, the two sides of the west wall were within a marker's width difference! Totally amazing (or not, seeing how everything Jim does is done to perfection!). Jim was beyond thrilled that it all worked out.
He got lots more marking done and then carried the step flashing up higher. Getting past the scaffolding where there is absolutely no room to nail is the toughest part. Of course, Jim has to compensate for the shingles that will go on the roof after the scaffolding comes down - so this was a ton of work.
All ready to start putting shingles up!
Now Jim is using the apartment window to go in/out of and I can hand him tools and supplies through this window. So this picture was taken from above him out the window.
Time to cut more angle pieces.
Then I primed (and later painted gray) the pieces and left them on our drying rack.
You can see how much Jim has to lean out over space to try and get the shingles attached. This picture doesn't quite capture how high he is too!
Couple end-of-the-day pictures...
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