We took advantage of a decent weather forecast and played out a 3 day weekend. Saturday was 7 am at the siding distributor with a loaded truck and an empty trailer. We were unable to take the entire load due to the overall bulk. Fortunately, the material was loaded in such a way to allow us to take all the trim pieces and 1/2 the lap siding. This, along with a bunch of caulk and some touch up paint, made the trip to LNP. - We spent all day Saturday "getting ready". Our late start along with having to unload the trailer (to free it up for siding load #2) and other various preparation jobs pretty much killed the day. Sunday and Monday are reserved for production. Yeah...production. Well, this is the first time I have worked with lap siding. It showed as we plodded along...a mistake here, a lousy measurement there. But, in the end, it came together pretty well. We elected to go with the Louisiana Pacific Smartside product. This, combined with paying for the the best pre-finish we could find, pretty much broke the piggy bank. The payback...instant gratification. - It's slow and arduous work, mostly because of windows and doors. Add in the fact that we are working with ladders about 1/2 way up and...well...we did the best/most we could.
