The Red Brick Times

  Tuesday, September 21, 2004

The 2004 Summer Porch Project continues. Delay on getting the siding completed. The company stopped making the siding used on the rest of the house, so had to special order a match from elsewhere. Then the crew got tied up on another project. Then they found that they had the wrong stuff. Supposed to be here today to wrap up the outside. Moral - plan around the delays. Fortunately, the sheathing materials are made to take weather for a "reasonable" time (define reasonable?) and I caulked the snot out of the seams to prevent drafts and breezes later. Next: electrical. Already dug 50 feet of trench for downspout piping. Need another 40 feet for the electrical cable. At least the electrical won't need a controlled slope, since electricity flows uphill. Still to come: Insulation and interior walls and finish trim. Thinking about a tongue and groove milled plank that will expand/contract along the joints with the seasons and not show cracks as would drywall. It will all be worth it when I sit snugly, gazing out at winter's icy blast.

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