Siding is Here

Thank you all who responded earlier to our request for recommendations on siding contractors. We received a few estimates and decided to sign a contract with Aztec Roofing and Siding. The consultant was friendly, genuinely courteous, and worked with us to reach an agreement that meets our budget. Not to mention, we’re happy with their choice to advertise locally on Relevant Radio. It’s a family owned business. Sharon talked to the father and the son who own the company on two separate occasions. They sound like a nice Catholic family. The father is a Knight and used to be Grand Knight of his counsel some time ago. The son, Paul, is actually in his 5th year of formation as a deacon! How cool is that!? When he pulled up to the house he said, “Well, you don’t see many statues of the Blessed Mother in the front yard any more.”

In the end we are opening our home to referrals for their business. They’ll be using CertainTeed’s fiber cement siding, a product CertainTeed has been working to further expand into new markets. It has been around as long as James Hardie and CertainTeed the company has been in the building supply business for over 100 years. We’re optimistic it’ll do well to protect our home. It also turns out we’ll have a “Green” house using their siding. Some of the environmentally friendly highlights are that their siding is: 5% lighter, made of more than 30% recycled content, and comes from sustainably-managed forests.

We have quite a bit of rotten wood where the water ran up and it just continued to deteriorate. Here you see some of the reasons why our house needs new siding:

The siding arrived last Thursday.

The 4 man work crew arrived Monday morning a little before lunch. These guys were hired by Aztec. They are pretty nice and good with the kids.

Here is the back of the house with the new primed siding on the first floor. The house will be painted after all the siding is put up.

The west side as of this afternoon:

and the east side:

We’ve only had one mishap on the interior. Sharon took the kids to the atrium this morning and wasn’t home to take the stuff off our wall in our dining room. Unfortunately, our wedding cake topper took a severe hit and we haven’t found all the pieces to glue it back together. The nativity we bought in Rome on our honeymoon fared a little better–St. Joseph lost his head but Sharon was able to put it back together. The guys were very apologetic and they actually removed all the wall stuff when that happened so nothing else would get damaged. It’s only “stuff” so we aren’t too upset. All and all, it’s looking great and we’re happy.