Siding

We are rockin' today at the Momplex.

This project ... building these little roofs over the Momplex front doors ... it only took a day or so. But I think I'm dragging it out into three posts because I loved working on it so much. Wood is definitely my favorite material to work with, and I love revisiting this building project.

Thank you all for the wonderful inspiring comments keeping us encouraged up at the Momplex! My sweet husband, he works all day up there, and then comes home and reads your comments, and every once in a while, I catch him grinning to himself. You are making a huge difference to us! This isn't the first time we've built a home, but I tell you what, this is the first time we've built this BIG, the first time we've built entirely with ICF ARXX blocks, and this is the first time we've built putt

You do not know how bad I wish I could say that today we start siding. After getting the doors trimmed out, time to start siding, right? Uh, wrong. This huge pile of siding is going to stay a huge pile of siding for a while longer. We still have to trim out each and ever single door and window with metal C Channel and flashing that does 2 things: 1. Hide ends of siding 2. Protect the Momplex from water drainage And what a long, tedious job this turned out to be!

When we put that first piece of siding up, I got so excited, I felt like a magic wand was going to twirl, and the Momplex would be done - at least on the outside - in mere moments!

A little over a year ago, we got this crazy idea that we would devote the next couple of years of our lives to DIY our mother's a duplex to share up here in Alaska. So we dug a big hole in the ground and built some footers and poured concrete. This is what the Momplex looked like in August of 2011 - just one year ago. Just one year ago, a giant truck dropped off a house full of ARXX blocks And we started building. And we've been building over the last year, and wit

Have you been wondering what we are going to do about the exposed plywood on the gable ends of the Momplex?