So with a weekend of nice weather we were able to get quite a bit done. You can see from the photo above that about 3/4 of the front has clap boards have made it on to the house. Friday and Saturday were really prolific days for siding; Sunday we ran into some technical difficulties. In the center of the photo you can see the roof line of what will be the front entry. This area has caused some trouble for us. On Friday, Mark installed the flashing for the future roof so that we could continue siding. The angle was pretty tricky and took some trial and error. Once we got up to the windows we discovered that they were 1/4" off...in other words the window on the right was 1/4" higher than the window on the left. This may not seem like a huge problem but if it stays that way it will make all of the clapboards look uneven. So we started on the other side, only to discover that the flashing for the soon to be entry roof was higher on the right than on the left....hmmm

So, we've asked Mark to come take a look and make adjustments on Monday.

Here's Leigh making some of the angled cuts with a box knife.

And here's the right side the house where we are almost done shingling

Some people have asked us why were are putting clapboards on the front and shingles on the sides...

We'll there are several reasons. First, that's how it was. We like the look - it's very common on Nantucket and in other seaport towns. We think it goes back quite awhile when clapboards were much more expensive than shingles and so the front was the formal side and the other sides were where they pinched pennies.

We like the look of weathered white cedar and they last for 30 years without paint.

That's all for now...