After some delays due to the delivery of the wrong colour and windy weather, the Maibec siding began to go on this past week. We hired two contractors, Alexandre, who had installed our chimney and fireplace, and Raphaël another local homme à tout faire for the job. It will take at least three weeks for the two of them to finish the job, including putting aluminum around the basement windows and patio doors and installing downspouts. We chose Maibec as we wanted a solid wood siding with tones that would blend into the natural surroundings and, as well, it would match the cabin. Weather -wise it as been on and off this week with the cold and we did get a few centimetres that hasn't hampered the work at all. The mountains off to the southeast and in Maine look nice in their white caps as they are higher than us and got more snow. It is supposed to warm up again next week into the 60s so we are looking forward to doing some outside work then. Among things I have to do is to dig a hole to bury the metal grounding plate for the generator, winterize the cabin, install a cedar deck in the main entranceway along with two cedar posts, and spread some sodium on our road to help pack down the gravel. Next week after returning from Montreal we plan to move up to the house for the winter. Hopefully the warm weather will last till the end of the month! gws
