It was a long time coming but I finally got the opportunity to take the siding off of the ol’ girl. I had hoped to save some of the aluminum and maybe reuse it, but it was nearly impossible to remove and keep in decent condition.
I had expected there to be some rot inside the walls however I hoped to keep the majority of the framing intact while simply replacing the worst pieces. I very quickly (and unhappily) realized this would not be possible.
The amount of rot was biblical. One of the previous owners had replaced a critical framing connection with expanding foam and covered up just about every other area that showed signs of water damage. Thanks for the fixes. So at this point it became clear there was nothing left to do but tear it all down and rebuild from scratch.
Thanks for the help Sis!
After much toil and skirmishes with a gang of yellowjackets I had gotten all of the old framing and inner walls removed. There was definitely something satisfying about seeing the holiday stripped down to its foundation with the simultaneous paralyzing fear of “holy s**t what have I gotten myself into”. No turning back at this point though, buy the ticket take the ride. I did have the foresight to try and keep the walls intact as they were removed since I planned to imitate the majority of the previous structure I could use them as templates and make my modifications where I desired, namely adding headroom.
