Work in Progress!

Work in Progress!
Originally uploaded by bpelley.

We've started our house renovation! About 2 weeks ago, the scaffolding went up, and our front porch came off (all but the roof). We were a little nervous, but intensely curious as to what was exactly under the Asbestos siding. Although we had taken off a bit under the porch to reveal clapboard siding, we didn't know if it was all intact, or what damage might exist.

Well, it turns out that the lower 2/3 of the house was covering in the clapboard siding, and above that, nothing but exposed lathe and plaster. It appears that they had taken off whatever was there to make the siding flush. The going theory is that there was stucco at that part of the house.

Despite the fact that the clapboard underneath the asbestos hadn't seen light in probably 60 years, the house already looks 100 times better, we think. Now comes the cleanup and stripping, oh boy!

For more pictures of the renovation, including the before shot, click here.