May 27, 2017 - More Siding

Though we are still working on completing the wiring and interior siding in the screened in deck and the snow entry room, we decided that it was a good time to start residing the other side of our building.  Jim targeted the southwest front side of the building for this project down to the side door.  It seemed like a good idea because  1. any further and we would need scaffolding and 2.  There is a natural break for the siding at the roof for the side door due to a large supply line for our electrical running down the wall.

Once we pulled of the junky plywood siding and the brittle clapboard cedar siding, we found the original siding which was unpainted and appears to have been "board and baton".  The vertical boards are about 16 inches wide and the batons would have been a few inches wide to cover the seams of the boards.  The batons were probably removed when the clapboard was added.  The very front of the building has no board and baton because it was originally the front porch.  Also below the window, the board and baton was too damaged to retain, so we cut it out and added 3/4 inch plywood.

Here is a photo of the tear down.  Currently we have just tyvek covering the original board and baton and plan to put in our tongue and groove cedar siding next week.