Didn't get up to the site until noon today. Katie needed to take pictures for Eliza's basketball team this morning. The last two pieces of metal corner trim arrived this week. I strapped them to the top of my SUV, and we carried them in to the Haus. (Snowmobile still won't start.)
We had a drop-by visitor shortly after arriving. He was brave enough to drive in, but he also has a load of tires in back and he has 4-wheel-drive LOW.
I didn't take pictures of our progress until we were ready to leave at about 5:30. Dark pictures, even with lighting correction.
After completing the corner trim, the remainder of the day and evening were devoted to putting the Ipe' on the ceiling of the overhang. We developed a pretty good system that allowed us to measure once, then cut, drill and mount three pieces before measuring again. My shoulders and the ladder's reach gave out simultaneously at about 5:30 pm.
You can see there are about 10 more pieces to install at the very end. It was a shame to quit before finishing, but the last bit is going to take some creativity to wrestle with ladders resting on stairs leaning against the Haus.
We can definitely finish the wood on the overhang next weekend, at which point we'll officially be DONE WITH SIDING. To put the siding project in perspective: With the exception of only one weekend, I've been coming up every weekend, with a smattering of additional days added in for good measure, since August.
Looking forward to moving on to the exterior deck posts and rails.
We had a drop-by visitor shortly after arriving. He was brave enough to drive in, but he also has a load of tires in back and he has 4-wheel-drive LOW.
I didn't take pictures of our progress until we were ready to leave at about 5:30. Dark pictures, even with lighting correction.
Corner trim installed left of the front door.
Corner trim installed right of the front door.
After completing the corner trim, the remainder of the day and evening were devoted to putting the Ipe' on the ceiling of the overhang. We developed a pretty good system that allowed us to measure once, then cut, drill and mount three pieces before measuring again. My shoulders and the ladder's reach gave out simultaneously at about 5:30 pm.
You can see there are about 10 more pieces to install at the very end. It was a shame to quit before finishing, but the last bit is going to take some creativity to wrestle with ladders resting on stairs leaning against the Haus.
We can definitely finish the wood on the overhang next weekend, at which point we'll officially be DONE WITH SIDING. To put the siding project in perspective: With the exception of only one weekend, I've been coming up every weekend, with a smattering of additional days added in for good measure, since August.
Looking forward to moving on to the exterior deck posts and rails.
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