The crew was a little worried about how much work would come from repairing the shakes.  We had hoped they were in good shape like the other two peaks but not so once we uncovered them, the bottom row was gone completely.  Seems like things are going faster than anticipated in repairs though.  They were worried taking out the old shakes would break the ones above them but with the window taking up most of the peak, they could easily remove everything below the window and only had to be careful on the sides.  It takes a while to make everything and get it up but it’s coming along very nicely…

Old shakes removed

On the right you can see where they took out a section of molding and then the soffit piece that needed to be rebuilt due to being hacked away and then rotting.

And all in a day’s work… Right side is repaired on the soffit, left side is removed and ready to be repaired. The shakes are going up, just the last row left to put in tomorrow and then scraping and putting up the window caps which are all built and pre-primed already.

I’m looking forward to coming home from work tomorrow and seeing the progress.  I bet the peak will be looking almost finished minus some painting.  We’re trying to figure out the painting schedule because the shakes are going to be red so they need 2 coats of paint instead of a tinted primer/1 coat of paint.  I’m going to help out if I can in any free time with painting any red (like the moldings).

By friday I hope they’ll be getting a start on the tower, they anticipate 2 weeks for that work in total.  Looking forward to it but going to miss a few days of progress since I’ll be out of town.