After a weekend of work, we’re in good shape!  We not only took down ALL of the aluminum (can’t wait to take that to be recycled!), but we also made great progress with removing damaged clapboards and replacing them with new ones.  And my brother took down that god awful antenna that’s been driving me insane for the past year.  Good stuff.

So, here’s Chuck pulling aluminum off.  It took pretty much all week to get it all down.

And here’s just a fraction of all the aluminum that’s come down, along with my favorite antenna.

Here’s the south side of the house with the aluminum down and my father and brother working their butts off.  Look at those beautiful holes!

Here’s Tito watching from the dining room with his beverage of choice.

Matt loves ladders!  Obviously, the front of the house is a giant mess.

This is what’s under the clapboards.  Brown paper.  No Tyvek back then!

This is my dad demonstrating clapboard removal – chisel plus hammer plus “caressing.”  We’re pretty sure he actually meant “finessing.”  Oh well – must be gentle!  Those clapboards are pretty fragile and we’ve already had some crack.

Next step: Tyvek.

Then replacing with new ones!  Look at that beautiful siding!

Here’s the final product, along with the corners done!

Looking good.

These pictures were taken during my dad’s demo for us – I swear, we did work after!  Now we just have to replace all clapboards.  And paint the house and doors.  And rescreen.  And put up new lattice under the porches.  Anything else?  OY.

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