House exterior project, Day 1

Two posts in one morning... hope I don't wear myself out. We are getting the house re-sided along with new windows for most of the main part of the house, and a new roof for the in-law apartmentfuture man-cave. Behold the last pictures before work begins.

The workers are here now and we already have our first big surprise, 10 minutes into the project: there is no sheathing under the existing siding! Most of the existing siding is in good enough condition to be used as sheathing under the new siding, so we will leave it up. Bad sections will be replaced with new plywood, like the whole eastern (driveway) side of the house. The new siding will be mounted over it.