Siding and Trim Forever
We continue to put up siding and trim. The house trim (20′ long cornerboards, window trim, patio door trim, @#$!% vinyl soffits) is a time eater.
The front of the house is the first side we’ve done that is too wide to span with a single 12′ Hardiplank siding board (yes, this is a small house). As recommended by the manufacturer, we butt factory-finished ends together and put flashing behind the joint. Easy, but it does require cutting the correct end, which I’ve messed up a couple times. No biggie — we used those boards elsewhere.
Siding inside the first floor porch is done; just more trim work to do there. Upstairs has a long way to go. The porches aren’t a priority, but I work on them when I don’t have anything else to do.
The little pieces around the front windows consumed almost all of the small cut pieces that had been piling up. Excellent. Very little waste from the siding so far.
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