Removing the siding and re-insulating
| As the electricians and roofers were busy on the roof and inside the house, I was outside, tearing off the old wood siding with my father. The initial plan was to simply replace the sheets in poor shape, but… we ended removing everything (this is about to become a tradition in this house). It was in fairly poor shape overall, and this gave us an opportunity to re-insulate the entire house. It tooks about six full hours to remove the old siding (2 people). While removing old insulation is not a very fun thing (make sure to cover your whole body to avoid contact of insulation dust with your skin), it is not hard either. And putting in the new one is a breeze. New insulation makes a huge difference, in winter as well as in summer - modern insulation (RG-13) is much more efficient than what they were using in the seventies. I’d never thought that new insulation on the roof and in the walls could make such a dramatic difference… the house is now cool inside (it’s July, scorching hot and the house was a bit stuffy until these changes) - who needs air conditioning? Ah, the new siding is on order from Eichler Siding which is the only source of this groovy siding (we have the thinline type)… |  |