sidin'

i havent logged my progress in quite some time.. kind of difficult to go over what's been done now. currently, i'm starting on the siding. the past few days went like so:

thursday i ordered the vinyl siding materials
friday the siding arrived. i asked the supplier to call ahead of time, he said he would. never called. i arrived around noon to find a pile of boxes sitting on the lawn. i brought them inside, then i ensured all the staples on the north wall were set flush with a hammer. i sealed all north wall sheathing joints with butyl tape.
saturday i covered almost the entire north wall with felt, except a thin strip at the top.
sunday katie and i went to the beach.
monday i finished off the felt and started on the soffit. i realized i needed to install the floodlight first. that was about all, it wasn't a good day.
tuesday i celebrated the 39th month anniversary of katie & i by sitting home all day.. uh yeah.
wednesday, today, i did most of the north wall soffit and installed the floodlight. i mounted a round box then nailed the soffit piece over it, then used a rotozip-type tool to cut out a hole, then mounted the light. worked good.

i had a "oh duh" moment today, about halfway through the soffit installation when i realized i could cut more than one soffit panel on the saw at a time lol. that sped things up. tomorrow i'll finish the soffit and start siding on the north.

i'm doing one side of the house at a time, because i know the felt wont hold up to much wind and by doing a wall at a time it reduces the time its exposed. i'll have to get some pics of the progress..

soffit looks nice though. :)