I just wanted to share the photos of the work that’s been done to my house. These are the links to the landscaping, Ram Jack piers for lifting the house, and the siding. The siding is still being worked on.
Oh, and for your amusement, here’s why women live longer than men.
Oops, and let me clarify that none of the contractors in “why women live longer than men” are the people working on my house!
Frickin’ windows. Turns out that 10 years ago, when they upgraded the windows on the south side of our house, they removed the flanges, set the new windows into the groove that the old windows were in, and caulked the hell out of them. Nothing is holding those windows in. So when the siders got to that part of the house, they had to stop because it was unsafe to tear off the old siding, since it was one of the few things keeping the windows from falling out.
The windows came with a lifetime warrantee, and of course, that company has gone out of business. Washington Energy Services, however, signed off on the work, so we’re holding their feet to the fire. They’ll be reinforcing the windows on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the siding company is going to work around the problem areas. Already we have new windows in that the siding company put in, and they’re great.
Notice how when you start a home project, these little surprises crop up?
There’s total chaos at my house. I’ve got landscapers building a wall to support a hill so it doesn’t come crashing down on my backyard. They’re also building and installing bat houses, so that’s pretty cool. I’ll have pictures on Flickr when I’m done. I hope I have this link right, but the landscaper is Landscape By Design.
I also have siding going up. They’re putting in that concrete stuff. Guaranteed for 50 years. I asked my wife what we’re going to do when the 50 years is up. She suggested we have our heirs replace it as we’ll be dead, dead, dead by then. We’re always such an optimistic couple. The sider is Coddington Contruction Inc, out of Auburn, Washington.
The dogs are going nuts listening to all the banging against the walls, voices, and other sounds. I’m lucky to go home after they’re done. My wife is home all day, and she’s fried, man, fried.
Boy, I hope this is all the work we’ll have done for a little while at least.
