And now the west face

So this weekend we tackled the west face--which includes cutting around the door and window.  But because the weather was wet on Saturday, we spent most of the day fiddling with the heater--getting it connected, wired, and up and running.  And aside from that slight wiring issue that caused the breaker to blow because the wrong white and black wires were crossed (!), we now have heat.  Then the sun came out so we headed outside to start the boards.

A few rows of starting boards (and we have to cut two boards on each row), we hit the window and then measured 8 boards to go from the window to the edge.  That went pretty quickly and used up a lot of boards.  Then we nailed.  Got a good rhythm going--cut them all, then move the gecko gauges, then silicon, and level, then nail.  Repeat as needed.  Then we did the other side of the window to the door.

After that, it was the little strip beside the door and edge--about 10 3/4" long.  And then the board spanning on top of the door.  Let's not forget the drip edge. And believe it or not, all the boards lined up!  It looks so sharp to see blue boards instead of tyvek.