The two weeks since we returned from Spain have been consumed by putting board up on the downstairs exterior and covering that board with house wrap. Challenging, but immediately gratifying, the cladding adds strength and substance to the building. The house wrap is a moisture barrier that is supposed to stop condensation forming on the wood and causing rot or mold growth.
My mother and step-father came to help for one weekend and we finished putting up the board in the middle of the next week. We started wrapping the house on Veteran's Day, and finished a couple of days later. Installing house wrap is an all-body workout - pulling the 9-foot long roll tight, holding it level, climbing up and down the ladder, moving the ladder, stapling and then hammering.
It was totally worth it: the house wrap is white, so you can now clearly see our house from the road.
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