Siding delivered!

A tad early (no phone call alarting me, and I was having a nice cup of coffee, reading through the Sunday and Monday papers after a weekend "off-line out on the lake), the big yellow truck showed up with our new siding. Exciting to see how the color REALLY turned out. A small sample of only a foot does not provide any real guidance.

I had to move boat and trailer out of the way, but once those were gone, the truck had a very long boom on his lift, so he could place the package all the way up the drive way, just in front of one of the garage doors.

Spent the rest of the day sorting through the pile and matching lenghts, checking quality of the stain job, and moving everything inside the garage. Funny, the siding will see weather and water for the next 100 years, or how long the house now will stand, but it really should protected before it is "up there".

And the color - yes. Looks REALLY good. Semi-transparent "Redwood" stain is a winner, and with the green window trim, it'll also provide some character, far away from the oh so boring American middle of the road colors of "grey or creme". Colors that really does not stand out at all (no one likes them, no one dislikes them).

I just call them "bland"... Why are people so afraid of a little color?

And, when I must have had a moment of absence (coffee?), the UPS guy showed up cause when I opened the other garage door, two really gigantic boxes with my "cedar breather" had been delivered. The Atlanta effort finally paid off - even though it was more like "paid out"...
All said, UPS did a stellar job in packing these items - but they sure also charged for it, so it should be expected!


On drive way


Sorted and counted


Out of the weather, stacked in the garage according to length


Hmm, there's a lot of wood to be screwed up...


Cedar Breather - Big boxes of "just air"...