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I finished enough work on the portico to get out of the way and let the siding guys finish 🙂. Still more work to be done, but progress is good!

The rafters for the sides are cut, ledger boards for the sides are up, and a couple rafters are placed on the right. Tomorrow, all rafters should be in place and work will begin on joining the roof lines ;)

Got a few rafters up today!

New bay window completed at the Your DIY teacher laboratory! Work included window install and building a roof over the window. The house is almost ready for new siding.

We are busy at the DIY Teacher Laboratory (our house 😃). Due to last year's tornado, the remodeling projects have been rescheduled to delay the inside work and start on the outside work. Insurance is paying for new siding, but first, we have to do the projects on the outside that would disturb the siding.

New construction windows are IMHO better. They offer better insulation and waterproofing. Thus, we needed to finish the window work.

After 8 months of windows being on backorder, they finally arrived.
We have fixed windows that were incorrectly installed by contractors (see pictures). We have installed a new window in the 2nd bathroom we are remodeling.

While it is dry outside, we are continuing to dig the footing that county inspectors say needs to go all the way to the foundation. That's an 8-foot-deep hole that has to be dug by hand. Contractors wouldn't touch the project, so we dig.

Progress is good, more photos to come.