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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Weatherproofing

Here and there, my dad has been working on weatherproofing the exterior of his woodshop(and has called on my help at times). Last Saturday we got the boards up on the south side.

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This rotating hammer drill penetrates through the boards and into the concrete blocks.

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After which the boards are secured using special…

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High density styrofoam insulation is put between the boards, then everything is covered in house wrap. (The shiny, silver stuff is window wrap.)

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He’s planning on covering all of this with steel siding.

It’s been a little adventure for me! :)

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