More siding, man lift.

[autobodyman]

Rented a man lift for yesterday and today to finish the siding on the front (street side) of the house.

Saturday my son came over to help me.



oops, wrong button, up dad not down!


Son a bit bored waiting for me to figure out the controls, he's had more experience running one of these than I have but I hate ladders just a bit more than he does ;D


Once we got up high enough that it only took one piece of siding to get all the way across (16') we calculated that every board above the previous one was 24.75" shorter than the one below it and used the cutoffs as a pattern so we didn't need to use the ladder anymore.

It started to rain so we took a break for supper, finally stopped raining about 9pm we finished that last piece of siding at 9:55pm. Had to use my pocket flashlight to see the controls on the manlift, told son we should wire some 12 volt LED's over the control panel for the next guy, he figured not to many people probably use the lift after dark


This morning, looking pretty good if I say so myself. Only thing left on the front is to caulk.



Caulking the top.


A shot looking down from in the basket.



Evening shot of the front, got the clock and all the lights reinstalled. Now I just lack the 1 side to the right (in this pic) have to replace a window in this side too.

I think I may have over estimated the amount of siding I needed, think I'm going to have quite a bit left over. I need to jack hammer out the sidewalk in front of the house, when I re-pour them I may use some of the left over siding as a stamp on the concrete.

Anyway the worst part (for me, the high stuff) is done.

What do you think?
Thanks ~Mike

[Stretch]

Looks great Mike. Looks like the man lift was the way to go. Sure is a lot easier than climbing up and down a ladder all day.

[Knotty_Pine]

I see some smiling on your face, I take it you got a bit of a kick outta runnin' that lift.

[sawduster]

Yeah, you guys looked like you were having way too much fun to call it work.

[autobodyman]

May 30, 2010 22:01:54 GMT -6 Knotty_Pine said:

I see some smiling on your face, I take it you got a bit of a kick outta runnin' that lift.

Yea, it was kinda fun till we got over the windows. My caulking ability went down proportionately the higher I got.

Zach (my son) and I were laughing a bit because I hit the wrong button (the buttons are all the same but you hold the yellow one down to make them go one way and the blue one to go the other) and the lift dropped fast enough that our feet left the floor of the bucket momentarily till we caught up with it and I mentioned an old Bill Cosby thing I heard him do where he said if he was in an elevator that was dropping he would jump up right before it hit the ground, it may not work but he'd go out trying ;-)

Thanks ~Mike

[gomer]

Man I like the look of that "rustic" siding. You guys done one heckuva job. I'm no fan of heights either. I would NOT be lagging that cordless caulk gun on a ladder that high. I'd be frozen in my tracks.

Beautiful house you got there Mike. What does the sign in front read? My eyes can't pick it up.

[autobodyman]

author=gomer Man I like the look of that "rustic" siding. You guys done one heckuva job. I'm no fan of heights either. I would NOT be lagging that cordless caulk gun on a ladder that high. I'd be frozen in my tracks.
Yea, even with the man-lift, the higher I got the sloppier my caulking job is. Fear is a good thing though right, at least I'm still alive only broken bone I've had in the last 47 years is a broken rib. ;D

Beautiful house you got there Mike.
Thanks, now if I could just beam it all out into the woods away from neighbors, straight pipe cars and pickups, and vehicles going by with those boom box stereos.

What does the sign in front read? My eyes can't pick it up.
The wood sign on the brick part reads:
Farmers Insurance Group, my wife sells insurance. Her office is in the basement threw the sliding door.

Thanks ~Mike