{"id":3779,"date":"2014-09-20T22:58:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T22:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redmeadow.com\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2014-09-20T23:07:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T23:07:41","slug":"progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/?p=3779","title":{"rendered":"Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The house improvement is moving along well.\u00a0 It&#8217;s sounded like living inside of a thunderstorm, with a few earthquakes thrown in for good measure.\u00a0 It hasn&#8217;t been particularly restful but for the most part the work has been outside of the house.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3792\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-old-siding.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3792\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3792\" title=\"sep20-old-siding\" src=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-old-siding.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-old-siding.jpg 650w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-old-siding-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The old siding all stripped off and piled on the grass.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The original plan was to saw up all the old siding and use it for firewood, but then we heard about somebody who is building a garage and has pretty much no money for building materials.\u00a0 So he came and hauled all this away and will recycle it for siding on his building.\u00a0\u00a0 The main thing is it is gone and we didn&#8217;t need to anything further with it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3793\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/oct15-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3793\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3793\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/oct15-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/oct15-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/oct15-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is what it looks like with the old siding.  The sun room has the same cement board siding we&#39;re installing now, as well as one original wall on the sun room deck.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And this is what it looks like now.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3794\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3794\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3794\" title=\"sep20-newsiding1\" src=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No, it isn&#39;t foggy. That&#39;s dust from sawing one of the long cement boards lengthwise for the starting row.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3795\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3795\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3795\" title=\"sep20-newsiding2\" src=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And this is Dan wondering why he&#39;s outside breathing that stuff.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then through the magic of time and a bunch of guys who have been here off and one for the last 3 weeks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3796\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3796\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3796\" title=\"sep20-newsiding3\" src=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding3.jpg 650w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The little roof overhang on the second story is gone, and a new sliding window has been installed.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We discovered why that little roof had been put in place.\u00a0 The guy who installed the first window did it wrong, and it ended up below the roof line for what was the original porch.\u00a0 Planning!!!\u00a0 So some interior remodeling was required and re-framing needed to be accomplished before the new window could be installed.\u00a0 Now that upstairs bedroom has much needed cross-ventilation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3797\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3797\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3797\" title=\"sep20-newsiding4\" src=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding4.jpg 650w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soffits have been created, boxing in the ends of the rafters.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And the framing around all the windows is now consistent on the entire building.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3798\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3798\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3798\" title=\"sep20-newsiding5\" src=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding5.jpg 650w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sep20-newsiding5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Windows in the bird&#39;s room were very exciting for the parrots. For some reason they adore hullabaloo.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well most of them do.\u00a0 Opal objected so we moved her away from the windows, and dropped the shades so she didn&#8217;t see strange heads popping up.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mishkin shared her dismay with having people around the house trying to tear it down around his head.\u00a0 He is so happy today that there&#8217;s nobody here but us chickens.\u00a0 He&#8217;s snuggled in a blanket on the chair next to my computer chair.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still quite a bit of work left to do before painting can be done.\u00a0 The siding isn&#8217;t completely installed and several more soffits on the back of the house need to be built. And then all the seams have to be caulked to seal up the outside of the house.\u00a0 But it&#8217;s coming along.\u00a0 This next week should be the end of the construction.<\/p>\n<p>We are going to paint the entire building to match what we had done on the sun room and bedroom additions we made.\u00a0 Hopefully the weather will cooperate.\u00a0 It can&#8217;t get below 50 degrees when the paint is wet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The house improvement is moving along well.\u00a0 It&#8217;s sounded like living inside of a thunderstorm, with a few earthquakes thrown in for good measure.\u00a0 It hasn&#8217;t been particularly restful but for the most part the work has been outside of the house. 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