Aluminum siding covering the whole house brought along some special needs. Another piece of woodwork they didn't want to go around and consequently removed, were the cornerboards. Stripping a house of so many details just to put on aluminum siding is akin to stealing someone's identity. And for what purpose?
One amazing thing to see about this house is that it only has one coat of paint on it. Underneath the paint, the wood was once stained. So you can sort of see the progression of thought. Perhaps they lost interest in the look of having their house stained,
perhaps not wanting to do the maintenance required to keep it up. They ended up painting it only to lose the original stain forever. Then what? It came time to paint it again and they didn't. Why? Well, on a house like this with so many details, painting it would be a major undertaking, right? Not if you keep up with it over the years. Painting becomes most laborious having been neglected for a long period of time. Painting a house such as this Victorian bungalow is a prime example of the most challenging type of house to paint - mostly because it needs so much just to catch up with where it should be.
So instead of keeping the details well painted, someone opted to install aluminum siding, probably under the pretense that it would last forever. The aluminum siding might last forever, but really it speeds up the house's deterioration rate. So the new
siding would be good, but the house underneath would fall apart. So we jump in to save it. Some of the house parts have already deteriorated beyond repair. Other parts were removed to simplify instlalling the aluminum, like the beam ends we replaced earlier, shown in the bottom picture.
We breathe new life into old houses, awakening the old soul who may have been asleep for half a century. Once awakened, we clothe it in garments fitting for a such wise old man. Once dressed up and alive again, we can kick back and take in the history of such a wonderful old soul.
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