CH: Day 19
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Wonderful!
Ross you’re crushing it!
Beautiful!
Hip, Hip, Horray ! It looks LOVELY.
What a difference! That oughta keep your city P&B depth happy.
This Old House had a really interesting segment on putting clapboard on a house. The one they are working on is really old and the method for putting them on was fascinating. On that house the reveal got closer and closer as it got to the bottom. The carpenter said so that there was more protection from water splashing up from the ground. The method was fascinating, using a story board and then bending it into a curve. When they took off really old boards it showed how it did protect the house from water. I think it can be seen for free this week online on any local PBS station.
It doesn’t really work for my house because I don’t have clapboard and my house curves out at the bottom. I don’t see it on your house either because the Cross House and the Carriage house are “too new.”
The house they are working on is a 300 year old timber frame Gambrel house, I think in Massachusetts. Still fascinating stuff. Especially the methods they use to preserve as much of the original structure as they can.
I was especially impressed with the way they married two pieces together in the middle. Of course it’s much easier to use one long piece. But when you can’t they described the modern method and the one that was used decades ago and showed an example. I think you would be interested in that particular part since at some point somewhere you are probably going to have to use two shorter pieces instead of one long one.
This Old House, season 44, episode 22.
Hi Ross! I just wanted to let you know that if something is written under the photo, no words show up in emails unless you highlight them. I’ve missed quite a bit thinking there were no words! I’m going back to read the posts now. I’m so happy to see all of these changes! From when I took a tour in 2017 to now, it’s astonishing to see!
Thank you, Andi. My web master is working on that. Just click on the title though and it will take you to the blog.
It’s been fun following this daily Ross. Bravo to you! Paint is good!