Siding Exposed

We went from this:

to this:

in the span of one day. With the help of my parents and Brant the Intern, we tore off a single layer of slate siding shingles, likely filled with asbestos, and covered with lead paint. We had the foresight to secure a dumpster and special bag, and (best of all) a 45-foot articulating boom aerial lift.

In the second shot, you can see that there was a bay window that was removed and replaced with two regular windows. Our best guess is that when the street was widened, the sidewalk was moved closer to the house and the bay window was a casualty. The other small discoveries included (original?) brown paint, and a whole lotta bug nests and spiders behind the tiles. This is all in prep for the insulators coming this week, and new lakeshore fern (siding) the following week.

And of course, every hard day has to end with a relaxing beer or two:

You can see some more shots of the day here.